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).