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This could be a good +</I>>><i> compromise? +</I>>><i> +</I> +The update option at the end of the installer has never worked for me, +using the dvd (or cd sets before) with mdk/mdv/mga. I think largely +because my internet connection has never been reliable with the installer. +(Recently installed networkmanager, which brings me a considerably more +reliable connexion, so that may have changed.) +But after rebooting the connexion is usually fine for updating. + +If the user is installing using Internet repos (even if also an ISO), it +seems a good idea to use update repos as well as release repos, so as to +avoid downloading different versions of the same package, while +producing an updated system. If that is not too complicated. + +However the update option at the end of the install process doesn't seem +to add anything over a subsequent update, except more complexity in the +installer. + +><i> pb also is to manage non-free repositories. Some users use DVD and add +</I>><i> non-free drivers after. +</I>><i> +</I> +I always do an update install (rather than clean install), partly to +keep my non-free drivers/firmware. It would be a considerable advantage +for users in my circumstances, particularly those with fewer computer +skills, to have a DVD with non-free firmware where no reliable free +equivalent exists. We could call it "Essentially free". +(And if we want to continue to produce the handicapped version without +any nonfree firmware, call it "totally free".) +This would be particularly advantageous for those with limited Internet +connexions, like myself. +(I have to go to the local library to download my ISOs.) + +>><i> Col +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> -- +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Colin Guthrie +</I>>><i> colin(at)mageia.org +</I>>><i> <A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> +</I>>><i> +</I> +My 2 cents :) + +-- +André + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="016779.html">[Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="016792.html">[Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#16789">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#16789">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#16789">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#16789">[ 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> |