Wouter wrote: > >The last time I used the full stack of CDs where there was no decent >alternative option was when I was helping a customer prepare a set of >installation instructions for a code escrow situation. > >Since one of the requirements there was the ability to produce a 100% >bit-for-bit equal system, anything that used "download the current >version from the Internet" was out -- we had to provide actual media >(CDs, at the time). > >That was over five years ago, though. Today, I doubt I'd still try to >use CDs, probably at least DVDs instead.
Yup, that's what I'm thinking too. >Having said that, I do think that providing a limited number of CD >install images is useful for those cases of retrocomputing where >installing off DVD is difficult. Other than that... So... In that situation, would you care about having more than just a netinst available for initial booting? Beyond that, people can get on the network to a mirror, or to other machines hosting the DVD images. I'm thinking we can cut down some more here. Maybe (as Steven suggested) we could keep a single bigger CD image around, but I'm not 100% convinced that it's likely to give us enough beyond the netinst to make me care about it. What else would we want/need on a CD to make it compelling here? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Support the Campaign for Audiovisual Free Expression: http://www.eff.org/cafe/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1vbdxc-00016s...@mail.einval.com
