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This shows a good +</I>>>>>><i> health +</I>>>>>><i> of Mageia but it is too much for users. +</I>>>>>><i> My ADSL link is not very fast and a lot of people use a slower link. +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> A workaround is necessary. There are two path: +</I>>>>>><i> 1- publish each month a new iso: mageia-1a, mageia-1b, and so on +</I>>>>>><i> 2- create an iso with updates: mageia-1-upd01, ... +</I>>>>>><i> In each case, the sources of packages must be updated. +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> You will find the volunteers who will join QA team to do +</I>>>>><i> the necessary quality assurance for the additional ISOs? +</I>>>><i> Each month is not really feasible, as I believe it takes one week of +</I>>>><i> work to build and test an iso. +</I>>>><i> Doing it every 3 or 6 months could be a good idea +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> Well, the second proposal should not really take a whole week to +</I>>><i> do, no? Just create an iso from $repo_updates and merge +</I>>><i> all those into one if there's enough space on the CD. +</I>><i> First you need to make it fit on the CD (which is unlikely to be easy +</I>><i> given that dependencies got added in updates) +</I>><i> Then you need to test that installation still works fine in different +</I>><i> configurations as some libraries used by the tools got updated +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> But then, i fail to see the difference between doing a default install, +</I>>><i> and installing 600 updates from repos, or downloading an +</I>>><i> ISO with those updates. +</I>><i> The difference is between: +</I>><i> - downloading one iso, burning it, installing it, downloading 600 +</I>><i> packages then installing it on another computer, downloading 600 +</I>><i> packages +</I>><i> - downloading one iso, burning it, installing it then installing it on +</I>><i> another computer +</I>><i> +</I>That is clear yes, but i meant for an iso ONLY containing updates, +i.e. no installation medium, only containing update packages. + +I know that an updated installation medium would be more useful, +but mostly only to those doing fresh installations in that case. +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="009159.html">[Mageia-dev] Updating a new install is too long... +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="009162.html">[Mageia-dev] Updating a new install is too long... +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#9161">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#9161">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#9161">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#9161">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |