On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 05:58, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > >Very good example. What kind of community is it that can't > >be bothered to respin the official isos once in a while so the > >known-broken install on certain hardware gets fixed and the user > >that manages to install isn't immediately faced with a gig of > >update downloads just to get started? > > > Nobody stopped anyone from doing the work involved. In fact it was > already done before. http://fedora.isphuset.no/ I don't see how you reconcile 'not stopping someone else' with being a community effort. How does this help a new user coming to the fedora web site downloading their first copy long after the fix has been done? At best it only helps people who read the mail list before their first download (probably none...). Whenever the issue has come up, I've always tried to point out the k12ltsp versions that not only included updates in the respins but add a lot of value with extra programs and one-click links to install some that can't be included. Have you been in touch with Eric Harrison who builds this version? He seems to have a very different opinion about the difficulty vs. value of building respins whenever someone reports a problem. You'd be doing everyone a favor if you could arrange to mirror his rebuild on the official fedora site with a big link that says 'Hey - this version is better for a lot of reasons'. This is work that is already done and it is just a matter of embracing it. As it stands, I don't think people 'get it' that the k12ltsp version really is a stock updated fedora plus a few add-ons that don't have to be installed. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
