[Mageia-dev] Updating a new install is too long...

Sun Nov 6 10:19:59 CET 2011

2011/11/6 Maarten Vanraes <alien at rmail.be>:
+> Op zondag 06 november 2011 08:15:12 schreef Wolfgang Bornath:
+> [...]
+>> How is a download of a 600MB iso different from installing 600MB of
+>> updates via net? More, usually you will not need all updates, only
+>> updates of installed packages.
+>
+> because they can be downloaded by someone else and burned and delivered to
+> someone. or, if you're doing multiple installs, you can save time.
+
+We are talking about 2 different things here:
+
+1. An "update release", meaning a installation DVD with current status.
+The benefit for new installations is the current state of a stable
+release. The downside: the installation only holds part of the
+software. Many (or even most) users will install additional packages
+from the repos after installation. This will not change, and people
+who want to update their existing system will still need to get
+updates for all installed packages which are not on the installation
+DVD.
+
+2. A DVD with updates
+This DVD may present a benefit for people with small bandwidth or in
+case of a multiple machine environment. Although, in such a case I'd
+prefer a local repository with nightly sync. A DVD with all updates is
+only a snapshot of one moment in the release's life, part of it may be
+outdated next day or week. So, 2 weeks later we have the same
+questions as today. I don't think that Mageia should offer this, not
+talking about the fact that everybody can do this (at the time which
+suits himself) without much knowledge.
+
+A DVD with updates is a nice idea for a local community where somebody
+has enough bandwidth to host a local repo (or even mirror) and can
+hand out update snapshots on request for people with small bandwidth..
+
+-- 
+wobo
+