Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (441 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <carlos.e.r@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Monday, 2009-03-09 at 23:16 -0500, Alberto Passalacqua wrote:

> > If there where not box, we could have now a 11.1.2 dvd. No other
> > change needed. Exactly what you get with an install then 4/5 hours of
> > dl right now, mostly for people without dl capacity, and convenience.
>
> As Marcus said, creating these DVD would take time and effort, and has
> no relation with the box. We could in theory have respins even if there
> is a boxed version.
>
> The point is that respins are not worth the time and the effort if not
> in extreme cases (see 10.1). You talk about 4-5 hours to install
> patches, but that's the case only if you install months after release
> and repeat the installation many times. If you are in the second case

Well, you have to install 11.1 about now to get enough updates to make it 
usable. Kernel crashed here till the last, recent update.

If making a second release is too much effort, how about releasing an 
add-on CD/DVD disk with the updates? Maybe including it with the box.

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Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
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