I think we've had a good discussion. The underlying point that I wanted to
make is that SuSE (or any other vendor for that matter) must make decisons.
I've always liked the completeness of the SuSE distro. Essentially, there
is so much in a distro today that the DVD is getting packed and the
majority of people use the DVDs. But, there are some cases where people
muct used the CDs. I think that SuSE's choice to leave packages off the CDs
was problematical, but necessary. What I am suggesting is a way that those
who buy a boxed set have a means to get those packages that are left off
the media. Most of the other distributions have done this for years. I
don't know the criteria for what packages get dropped, but I would think
that it would be those lower used packages. My point is that SuSE should
have provided a way for users to obtain the missing packages at the same
time they install from CD rather than wait a month. People can still buy an
inexpensive DVD reader.
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Jerry Feldman