On 5/20/05, Jerry Gaiser <jerryg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... > Broadband penetration in the US and especially the Western US is > *much* smaller than those of you in the big cities imagine. ... I don't like the way this creates a quasi-"internet" class structure. globally, bandwith is, I believe, a scarce resource. however, if yum (or foo, whatever) used compressed binaries wouldn't it be, at worst, a wash? provided you're doing the download and install yourself. -Thufir
