[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions for the ISO

Mon Nov 1 11:24:36 CET 2010

Le 2010-11-01 06:00, Philippe DIDIER a écrit :
+>   Always thinking about slow internet connections, or no connection at
+> all (in Ardèche, in Burkina Faso, in Niger etc...)
+>
+> Three months after the last version of Mandriva has appeared, I have
+> downloaded more than 700 Mo of updates (some updates updating previous
+> updates)
+>
+> If someone installs Mageia with a DVD or CD provided by somebody, he
+> will get more and more rpms to update as much as time goes on.... (for
+> instance if Mageia 2011 appears april 2011, I send a DVD to my friend
+> who installs it on his new computer in september 2011 .... and he will
+> be asked to update his installed Mageia)
+> If he cannot download a CD iso because of his connection, he cannot
+> download 700 Mo of updates !!!
+>
+> It might be useful to provide
+>   "updated" DVD iso or CD iso, some time after the release was provided,
+> so that those burned DVD or CD can be sent to people with slow internet
+> connection, freeing them of huge updates to download !!!
+>
+> The only solution I have for now with Mandriva  is to keep a copy of
+> each dowloaded updated rpm in a folder, and to fill a DVD with those
+> rpms (it is a DVD of updates, not an updated DVD...) and to send it.
+> My friend copyes those rpms in a specially created folder, and add this
+> folder as a source in rpmdrake... (not so easy for a newbie) and he can
+> get an up to date working Mandriva immediately...
+>
+> my 2 pence
+>
+
+Actually, good point.
+
+Would there be a better way to do this?
+
+It's a shame that Mandriva/Mageia does not add the updates to the 
+official ISO. This would then not be an issue.
+
+Perhaps we could ask for this as a feature?
+
+Are there any devs on the list who could provide some opinion?
+
+Marc
+
+