Re: Plans for DVD-ROM image?

[Nigel Wade <nmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Burns wrote:
> Joel Jaeggli wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Scott Burns wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> > > Joel Jaeggli wrote:
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> > >   
> > >
> > > > It takes a silly long time to download a dvd iso over your average 
> > > > home broadband connection.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >     
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> > > How exactly does it take longer than downloading the ISOs?
> > >   
> >
> >
> > I need three of the six isos currently to do a reasonable installation.
> >
> > It would follow that that's ~1.8GB instead of the ~3gb that it would 
> > be if the srpms were on the same disk.
> >
> >  
>    Disk space is cheap.  No reason, given one DVD ISO, not to have two, 
> one with the source, and one without.

It might be reasonably cheap on a single system, but think about all those 
mirror servers out there. They'd have to store the 6 CD ISOs, the "small" 
DVD ISO and the full DVD ISO.

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