On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:49, Kai Grossjohann wrote: > Beretta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > How in God's name is it an obstacle? Who the hell needs all 13 CD's? > > Are you planning on installing every single binary package there is? > > I don't know about you, but the idea of > > - buy CD 1 via mail order > - wait a week for it to arrive > - start Debian installation > - want to install application X > - find out which CD contains application X > - buy CD Y via mail order > - wait a week for it to arrive > -... > > doesn't sound too exciting for me. Especially the "wait a week" bits. > > Please note that an 8h download via modem can become quite expensive > if you don't have a flatrate. That's, I guess, why people want to > order the CDs in the first place. > > So, *if* somebody decides to buy via mail order, *then* surely > anything but "the full set of all CDs" doesn't make sense.
Agreed. FWIW I have hit every one of my Woody set of 7 doing installs. Maybe that's cos I'm retired and have too much time on my hands. :-) Bob Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
