Arlen Carlson wrote:
On 18-Oct-00 Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
Purple Shirt wrote:
I still think they should move away from the CDs and towards distribution via limited access ftp through membership fees. They could give those members also the ability to burn a copy of an official release iso pack and not only an evaluation one.
The problem with ftp-only distribution is that it's entirely impractical to pick up 3GB worth of material over a connection that's much less than a T1 line.
FTP-type distributions work great...case in point Debian...its updating method is almost entirely FTP. And its probably used worldwide, even in "expensive" dialup areas of the world.
Certainly, obtaining an entire distribution by FTP is impractical for anyone without a high-bandwith connection. As to updates, the question then is what the volume of material is. I wonder how much data would need to be transmitted to fully update SuSE 6.4 to SuSE 7.0. Of course, the issue still remains about updating from earlier SuSE versions (I happen to be running 6.3). Clearly, no one would mind having FTP distribution as an alternative. The issue is whether it should be the only alternative. Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq