Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3464 mails)

["G.T.Smith" <grahamsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> and again:
> If we make the 2 DVDs modular the current user's needs will still be
> addressed, plus adding needs of many new users around. That is, the
> first DVD will contain all the needed things to get you up & running.
>
> speaking of penalties:
> The mirrors live up with Debian with their 240+ CDs, so if we add an
> extra DVD, but remove the 6 CDs for x86-64 we won't lose mirrors.
> Again, all 64-bit systems are equipped with DVD.
>
> Some ppl tell me there would be a lot of penalties, so I ask what
> could be the penalties?
>
This beginning to get a bit silly, I am getting the impression the
record has got stuck on the crack!...

I do not see the distinction between 2 DVDs and a base install DVD plus
on-line archive for online distribution. In fact in terms of bandwidth
usage the latter is probably a lot more sensible, there are a lot things
I do not want to use which are available, and I am not very impressed
with the implicit suggestion that I should download a whole load of
stuff do not want to get the stuff I need.

Published CDs are a different issue (and I believe these include more
anyway).
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