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

Sun Nov 6 10:45:34 CET 2011

Op zondag 06 november 2011 10:19:59 schreef Wolfgang Bornath:
+[...]
+> 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.
+
+I don't think this is feasible, too much QA required.
+
+What we could do instead, is having the installer install the updates 
+directly, instead of afterwards, this would mean that the installation time 
+drops. the big disadvantage of this is the amount downloaded packages, but 
+that's where point 2 comes in, IF we allow this sort of thing in the 
+installer.
+
+> 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 outdated next day or week.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..
+
+Ah, i see your point, you mean that this could be done on-demand. yes, that's 
+good enough for me, no need to do this from mageia itself.
+