Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-07-07 Thread DebianTux23
alfin...@boxbe.com On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:25 AM, Robert 'Bob' Jensen b...@fedoraunity.orgwrote: Junk Score: 1 out of 10 (below your Auto Allow threshold) | Change: https://www.boxbe.com/mail-screeningtc=147907721_1484328999 Approve sender:

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/18/2009 04:41 AM, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: No particular reason with a traceable track record, but I've understood that anything that is not composed with pungi or livecd-tools will be blocked as they are the blessed and preferred tools for the job(s). You use whatever tool you want

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-18 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Wednesday 17 June 2009 15:17:28 Jesse Keating wrote: On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 15:14 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: I thought an official spin could only be a live image. i.e., once you start letting the user choose packages in anaconda, it can't be an official spin anymore. At least, I'm pretty

Thoughts? Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-17 Thread Frank Murphy
We've seen arguments, for and against. Statistics and Numbers, thinking! Get the community involved. *Find Out* As I've stated earlier: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-June/msg01015.html Run a poll, get the fp.o to run a poll, and blog\twitter etc. *Don't ask pointed

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-17 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Thomas Janssen on 06/17/2009 03:19 AM wrote: Ubuntu Alternative Thats not a LiveCD. It's just a install CD. No Live. So? Your point? A Fedora LiveCD is an install CD. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-17 Thread Bill Nottingham
Jeroen van Meeuwen (kana...@kanarip.com) said: Something else not terribly unreasonable, instead of split CD media, a single CD offered that is netinst.iso plus the contents of @core and @base if it'll fit on a CD. Then they can do whatever custom install they want, and add packages

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-17 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- Michael Cronenworth m...@cchtml.com wrote: So? Your point? A Fedora LiveCD is an install CD. There are several points that I hope will be taken from the entire thread. Some people do not like the LiveCD install option, or lack of options as they may see it. The point I failed to

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-17 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Wednesday 17 June 2009 14:01:02 Bill Nottingham wrote: Jeroen van Meeuwen (kana...@kanarip.com) said: Something else not terribly unreasonable, instead of split CD media, a single CD offered that is netinst.iso plus the contents of @core and @base if it'll fit on a CD. Then they can

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-17 Thread Jesse Keating
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 15:14 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: I thought an official spin could only be a live image. i.e., once you start letting the user choose packages in anaconda, it can't be an official spin anymore. At least, I'm pretty sure that was the case a while back, unless the guidelines

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-17 Thread Thomas Janssen
2009/6/17 Michael Cronenworth m...@cchtml.com: Thomas Janssen on 06/17/2009 03:19 AM wrote: Ubuntu Alternative Thats not a LiveCD. It's just a install CD. No Live. So? Your point? A Fedora LiveCD is an install CD. My point.. It is/was obviously that you dont know what an alternative CD is. So

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-17 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Thomas Janssen on 06/17/2009 03:25 PM wrote: My point.. It is/was obviously that you dont know what an alternative CD is. So i explained it to you. But i failed. Maybe you grab one in your spare time and check out the alternative installation possibilities, compared to a LiveCD. VM`s are

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Kevin Kofler
Jesse Keating wrote: And this is what pisses me off, and why I say you're holding us hostage. Whether or not it is a good idea to continue to produce them, you don't care, you're just going to do it anyway. Great way to run a project. Just drop support for split media from Anaconda, then they

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread King InuYasha
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Kevin Kofler kevin.kof...@chello.atwrote: Seth Vidal wrote: 1. we're going to need split media for dvds - we're SOL there anyway - so the code will need to live on. Just kick out all the i18n stuff and you won't. It doesn't make sense to force people to

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:22 AM, King InuYashangomp...@gmail.com wrote: Ubuntu seems to do fine including quite a few language packs on their LiveCD while providing a decent desktop. Can you make me a full accurate list of the languages supported on the Ubuntu LiveCD. -jef --

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12? DO NOT VOTE for Kevin Kofler!

2009-06-16 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- Kevin Kofler kevin.kof...@chello.at wrote: No, we could just drop support for it and have FedoraUnity decide whether they want to fork Anaconda (and no longer be able to use the Fedora name) or just stop shipping split media. Kevin Kofler Rock on, let this be an example

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12? DO NOT VOTE for Kevin Kofler!

2009-06-16 Thread Seth Vidal
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: - Kevin Kofler kevin.kof...@chello.at wrote: No, we could just drop support for it and have FedoraUnity decide whether they want to fork Anaconda (and no longer be able to use the Fedora name) or just stop shipping split media.

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Kevin Kofler
I wrote: No, we could just drop support for it and have FedoraUnity decide whether they want to fork Anaconda (and no longer be able to use the Fedora name) or just stop shipping split media. and one of the FedoraUnity folks responded by posting a rant on his blog about how I am against the

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jesse Keating
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 01:01 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: The question is not *if* Fedora Unity would take on that burden, the question is whether upstream will let us. Upstream accepts reasonable patches. It happens all the time. Of course, what also happens all the time is multiple

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jesse Keating
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 00:30 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: Your signature promotes freedom^2 but this pisses you off? The reasoning behind it is what irks me. It really seems to come down to I'm just going to do it so neener neener neener :p Whether or not it is a good idea to continue

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:11 -0700, Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com wrote: On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 01:01 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: The question is not *if* Fedora Unity would take on that burden, the question is whether upstream will let us. Upstream accepts reasonable patches. It

Please quit the nonsense, Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12? DO NOT VOTE for Kevin Kofler!

2009-06-16 Thread Kevin Kofler
Please read my clarification in the thread: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-June/msg01389.html to see what I'm really up to. Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: Rock on, let this be an example of the leadership the community can expect if Kevin is elected. Hold the community

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:15:54 -0700, Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com wrote: On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 00:30 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: Your signature promotes freedom^2 but this pisses you off? The reasoning behind it is what irks me. It really seems to come down to I'm just going to do

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jesse Keating
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 01:37 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: Dear Jesse, you yourself do not accept patches beyond what you then, at that moment, think are applicable use-cases of Fedora Project Release Engineering only to work something up yourself two weeks later. Yes, if I didn't like

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Kevin Kofler
Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: We've also seen upstream reject very reasonable patches -that were in the upstream repo already, authored by @redhat.com of course- be cherry-picked to another branch for whatever reason I've offered to help with (some QA concerns for one). That's the other side of

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Adam Miller
On 6/16/09, Kevin Kofler kevin.kof...@chello.at wrote: Jesse Keating wrote: I honestly don't care whether or not it's influenced by what I think. I just wish you project put some thought and effort into discovering why people ask for or download split CDs other than just shutting off

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Kevin Kofler
Jesse Keating wrote: Yes, if I didn't like the patch, or how it was done, I didn't accept it. Just like any other upstream. Did I use your exact code when I did it myself two weeks later? Probably not. Speaking of rel-eng patches, what happened to my patch to the EVR checker to properly

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:48:07 -0700, Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com wrote: On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 01:37 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: Dear Jesse, you yourself do not accept patches beyond what you then, at that moment, think are applicable use-cases of Fedora Project Release

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jesse Keating
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 02:05 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: Speaking of rel-eng patches, what happened to my patch to the EVR checker to properly support testing repos (e.g. updates-testing, but the code is general enough to also work for things like RPM Fusion's or EPEL's testing repos)?

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jesse Keating
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 01:43 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: If by better alternatives you mean LiveCDs, please note that these do not allow one to upgrade the existing Fedora installation, nor do they allow as much flexibility in configuration during the installation procedure. Any upgrade

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jesse Keating
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 02:38 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: User: I only have a CD-ROM, what do I do? Fedora: We know you wanted to install a different set of packages, but here's a LiveCD that you can then tweak after the installation, to get the packages you originally wanted. Ohw, and

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:56:58 -0700, Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com wrote: Something else not terribly unreasonable, instead of split CD media, a single CD offered that is netinst.iso plus the contents of @core and @base if it'll fit on a CD. Then they can do whatever custom install they

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Kevin Kofler
Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: For as far as Fedora is concerned (not third party repositories) at least it seems obvious that our update process is somewhat flawed in this aspect, breaking the upgrade path. And that's why preupgrade exists. Any upgrading method not relying on the network will

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-16 Thread Mani A
Adam Miller maxamill...@gmail.com wrote: Jesse Keating wrote:   I honestly don't care whether or not it's influenced by what I think.  I   just wish you project put some thought and effort into discovering why   people ask for or download split CDs other than just shutting off your   brain at

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-15 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:34:37 -0700, Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com wrote: On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 17:54 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: If Fedora Unity's motivation to continue a service to the community -at it's own expense, not yours- is holding you and the other teams hostage, call

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-15 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:20:09 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen kana...@kanarip.com wrote: On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:37:41 -0700, Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com wrote: On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 03:30 -0500, King InuYasha wrote: A script that takes the DVD image to produce the CD versions would basically

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-15 Thread Julian Sikorski
Jeremy Katz pisze: On Saturday, June 13 2009, Jussi Lehtola said: On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 11:12 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 07:04:12PM +0300, Jussi Lehtola wrote: Hmm, I'd want netboot.img back, since I normally use a USB stick to start the network install (OK, there is

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-15 Thread Jeremy Katz
On Sunday, June 14 2009, Chris Adams said: Once upon a time, Jeremy Katz ka...@redhat.com said: See the livecd-iso-to-pxeboot script, although it does place some (somewhat) different requirements on things. AFAIK livecd-iso-to-pxeboot is useless for 32 bit, at least for the standard

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-15 Thread Jesse Keating
On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 12:18 +0200, Julian Sikorski wrote: boot.iso/netinst.iso What's the difference between these two by the way? There isn't one. However old virt-manager tools look for a boot.iso instead of a netinst.iso, so when we tried to rename this iso to match reality (it has

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-15 Thread Jesse Keating
On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 08:04 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: Fedora Project decides to not ship split media anymore, will do it, regardless of how valuable you or anyone else outside Fedora Unity thinks it is. And this is what pisses me off, and why I say you're holding us hostage. Whether or

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-15 Thread Matt Domsch
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:30:49AM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote: On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 21:31 -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote: Also, I want to look a bit more at isohybrid to see if we can build iso images that can just be dd'd, at least for the case of boot.iso/netinst.iso Can you tell me more

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-15 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com wrote: And this is what pisses me off, and why I say you're holding us hostage. Whether or not it is a good idea to continue to produce them, you don't care, you're just going to do it anyway. Great way to run a project. Jesse, Both Fedora

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread King InuYasha
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Bradley Baetz bba...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/06/09 04:53, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: - Frank Murphyfrankl...@gmail.com wrote: Just curious. But if a user has bandwidth problems, how is\are mutiple CD's going to help, or is it purely on hardware

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Frank Murphy
On 14/06/09 04:47, Jesse Keating wrote: Don't be clouded by who is requesting it. Releng qa anaconda et al would love to stop doing split cds. Less confusion on what to download would be appreciated by many too. We are one of the last distros to still do cd media outside of live media. Is this

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jesse Keating
On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:30, King InuYasha ngomp...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Bradley Baetz bba...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/06/09 04:53, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: - Frank Murphyfrankl...@gmail.com wrote: Just curious. But if a user has bandwidth problems, how

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- King InuYasha ngomp...@gmail.com wrote: A script that takes the DVD image to produce the CD versions would basically require extracting the whole DVD image and then generating new ISOs from that tree. Maybe mirrors could do it if you want to save space on the main server or whatever.

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jesse Keating
On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 14:53 +, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: I appreciate the clarification from you and Matt on the request. As you know Jesse my, and Unity's, goal has been for a while has been to get Fedora in to the hands of as many people as possible with the least amount of pain. That

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jesse Keating
On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 03:30 -0500, King InuYasha wrote: A script that takes the DVD image to produce the CD versions would basically require extracting the whole DVD image and then generating new ISOs from that tree. Maybe mirrors could do it if you want to save space on the main server or

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:34:19 +, Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com wrote: On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 14:53 +, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: I appreciate the clarification from you and Matt on the request. As you know Jesse my, and Unity's, goal has been for a while has been to get Fedora in

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:37:41 -0700, Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com wrote: On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 03:30 -0500, King InuYasha wrote: A script that takes the DVD image to produce the CD versions would basically require extracting the whole DVD image and then generating new ISOs from that

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:58:36 + (UTC), Robert 'Bob' Jensen b...@fedoraunity.org wrote: - King InuYasha ngomp...@gmail.com wrote: A script that takes the DVD image to produce the CD versions would basically require extracting the whole DVD image and then generating new ISOs from that

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jesse Keating
On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 17:54 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: If Fedora Unity's motivation to continue a service to the community -at it's own expense, not yours- is holding you and the other teams hostage, call S.W.A.T. If it was just Fedora Unity's expense that'd be one thing. But it's

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jesse Keating
On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 18:20 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: If the Fedora Project considers to no longer release split CD media, would the Fedora Project then also consider allowing Fedora Unity (members) to continue servicing those that request or even require split CD media? If that is too

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com said: If there are those that require split media, I'd much prefer that we as a project produce and test the split media as part of our normal development cycle, and not do it as some after thought after it's too late to fix any problems

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread King InuYasha
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Jesse Keating jkeat...@j2solutions.netwrote: On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:30, King InuYasha ngomp...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Bradley Baetz bba...@gmail.com bba...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/06/09 04:53, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: -

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jeremy Katz
On Saturday, June 13 2009, Jussi Lehtola said: On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 11:12 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 07:04:12PM +0300, Jussi Lehtola wrote: Hmm, I'd want netboot.img back, since I normally use a USB stick to start the network install (OK, there is the possibility

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jeremy Katz
On Sunday, June 14 2009, King InuYasha said: Also, maybe we should support PXE/network booting the Live version from mirrors or whatever with the advent of netbooks and other computers without an optical drive. While doing it via USB is preferable, it is not always possible. For example I have

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Jeremy Katz ka...@redhat.com said: See the livecd-iso-to-pxeboot script, although it does place some (somewhat) different requirements on things. AFAIK livecd-iso-to-pxeboot is useless for 32 bit, at least for the standard Fedora LiveCD images. I think the kernel will only

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread James Antill
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 08:46 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: (Reposting to f-d-l from my blog post last night. http://domsch.com/blog/?p=85 includes a couple nice graphs to help illustrate.) CDs are Dead. Long live CDs. I was running some stats on the Fedora 11 release, and an interesting thing

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Matt Domsch
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:09:52AM -0400, James Antill wrote: On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 08:46 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: (Reposting to f-d-l from my blog post last night. http://domsch.com/blog/?p=85 includes a couple nice graphs to help illustrate.) CDs are Dead. Long live CDs. I was

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Jon Masters
On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 00:24 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:09:52AM -0400, James Antill wrote: On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 08:46 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: (Reposting to f-d-l from my blog post last night. http://domsch.com/blog/?p=85 includes a couple nice graphs to help

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/15/2009 11:15 AM, Jon Masters wrote: The only counterpoint I came up with was that of folks in parts of the world who don't have access to modern hardware and don't have broadband. Yes but they prefer Live CD or regular DVD images usually. Magazines tend to distribute DVD image.

Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Matt Domsch
(Reposting to f-d-l from my blog post last night. http://domsch.com/blog/?p=85 includes a couple nice graphs to help illustrate.) CDs are Dead. Long live CDs. I was running some stats on the Fedora 11 release, and an interesting thing caught my eye. Very few people are downloading the six (or in

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Jesse Keating
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 08:46 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: Your thoughts? If we don't do split CDs, Fedora Unity is likely to do them. If we don't produce and test split media as part of our beta/release cycle, we'll likely not find bugs with their usage until after the release is made and Fedora

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Jussi Lehtola
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 09:34 -0500, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, Matt Domsch matt_dom...@dell.com said: CDs had their place, back when DVD readers weren't commonplace, and before we had LiveCD/LiveUSB medias. Now, DVDs are fairly common, the LiveCDs work great for a lot of installs,

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Matt Domsch
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 07:04:12PM +0300, Jussi Lehtola wrote: On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 09:34 -0500, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, Matt Domsch matt_dom...@dell.com said: CDs had their place, back when DVD readers weren't commonplace, and before we had LiveCD/LiveUSB medias. Now, DVDs

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Tom Lane
Jesse Keating jkeat...@redhat.com writes: On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 08:46 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: Your thoughts? If we don't do split CDs, Fedora Unity is likely to do them. Are we sure about that? The reasons not to bother would be just as strong for Unity, no? If we don't produce and test

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- Tom Lane t...@redhat.com wrote: Are we sure about that? The reasons not to bother would be just as strong for Unity, no? I agree with that chain of reasoning, but am not convinced of the starting premise. OK lets remove any doubt, if Fedora Project does not produce them Fedora

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Jussi Lehtola
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 11:12 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 07:04:12PM +0300, Jussi Lehtola wrote: Hmm, I'd want netboot.img back, since I normally use a USB stick to start the network install (OK, there is the possibility of using livecd-iso-to-disk, but that's a lot more

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Robert Marcano
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Robert 'Bob' Jensenb...@fedoraunity.org wrote: OK lets remove any doubt, if Fedora Project does not produce them Fedora Unity will if at all possible. The last time the CD media was dropped the crys and screams of terror from the third world that have never

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Itamar Reis Peixoto
the user's still able to install using netboot.iso. On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Robert 'Bob' Jensenb...@fedoraunity.org wrote: - Tom Lane t...@redhat.com wrote: Are we sure about that?  The reasons not to bother would be just as strong for Unity, no? I agree with that chain of

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Robert Marcano rob...@marcanoonline.com said: I think you are right about x86_64 probably is going to have a DVD Rom, I only have needed the CDs when installing i386 servers isolated from the internet. Remember, the minimum CPU for 32-bit x86 today is i586 (Pentium), and IIRC

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- Chris Adams cmad...@hiwaay.net wrote: Remember, the minimum CPU for 32-bit x86 today is i586 (Pentium), and IIRC there was discussion about rebuilding for i686 (Pentium Pro). If we really want to decrease the mirror foot print how about we off load some of the 640MB+ data and docs

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Robert Marcano
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Chris Adamscmad...@hiwaay.net wrote: Remember, the minimum CPU for 32-bit x86 today is i586 (Pentium), and IIRC there was discussion about rebuilding for i686 (Pentium Pro). You are technically right , but I am talking about the Fedora release Tag (that was

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- Itamar Reis Peixoto ita...@ispbrasil.com.br wrote: the user's still able to install using netboot.iso. Yeah some guy in a mud hut with no DSL only a 56k modem, Power 4 hours a day... NetInst FAIL. I remember Seth talking a while back about yum's performance. As I remember, sure

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Frank Murphy
On 13/06/09 19:22, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: - Itamar Reis Peixotoita...@ispbrasil.com.br wrote: the user's still able to install using netboot.iso. Yeah some guy in a mud hut with no DSL only a 56k modem, Power 4 hours a day... NetInst FAIL. Just curious. But if a user has

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Robert Marcano
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Frank Murphyfrankl...@gmail.com wrote: Just curious. But if a user has bandwidth problems, how is\are mutiple CD's going to help, or is it purely on hardware grounds, no dvd-rom. No/slow internet is commonly followed by old hardware, it is a common

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- Robert Marcano rob...@marcanoonline.com wrote: No/slow internet is commonly followed by old hardware, it is a common combination in my country. Recently on Fedora Venezuela mailing list we were discussing creating a special respin just because of the bandwidth problem here These are

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Matt Domschmatt_dom...@dell.com wrote: Your thoughts? Is there a geographic regional bias in the data? 1) Are all countries/regions downloading the split cds at less than 5% of the download activity for the given country region? 2) Is there a geographical

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- Frank Murphy frankl...@gmail.com wrote: Just curious. But if a user has bandwidth problems, how is\are mutiple CD's going to help, or is it purely on hardware grounds, no dvd-rom. Does no one remember what happened last time the CD ball was dropped? Lets not repeat history just

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Robert 'Bob' Jensen b...@fedoraunity.org said: I remember Seth talking a while back about yum's performance. As I remember, sure yum worked fine on his computers but try it on the OLPC. He then understood what the bugs and complaints were about. Uh, OLPC doesn't have a CD

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Kevin Kofler
Jesse Keating wrote: If we don't do split CDs, Fedora Unity is likely to do them. If we don't produce and test split media as part of our beta/release cycle, we'll likely not find bugs with their usage until after the release is made and Fedora Unity attempts to make them. As long as

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Robert 'Bob' Jensenb...@fedoraunity.org wrote: Does no one remember what happened last time the CD ball was dropped? Lets not repeat history just for fun. We have been down this road before, it was ugly and only lasted one release. Torrent tracker numbers BTW

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Kevin Kofler
Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: Yeah some guy in a mud hut with no DSL only a 56k modem, Power 4 hours a day... NetInst FAIL. We can't support everything. I'm sure there are some people still using a 486, we already don't support them anymore. A reasonably fast Internet connection is basically

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Robert 'Bob' Jensen
- Kevin Kofler kevin.kof...@chello.at wrote: If Fedora Unity wants to create them, the burden of making them work should be on them. If Fedora Project will not or can not give the community what it needs that is where the community steps up, this is exactly what we did for Fedora 7.

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Benny Amorsen
Robert Marcano rob...@marcanoonline.com writes: I think you are right about x86_64 probably is going to have a DVD Rom, I only have needed the CDs when installing i386 servers isolated from the internet. I think we should start considering the option to ship the net install ISO as a hard disk

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Matt Domsch
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 09:04:30PM +, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: - Kevin Kofler kevin.kof...@chello.at wrote: If Fedora Unity wants to create them, the burden of making them work should be on them. If Fedora Project will not or can not give the community what it needs

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Jesse Keating
Don't be clouded by who is requesting it. Releng qa anaconda et al would love to stop doing split cds. Less confusion on what to download would be appreciated by many too. We are one of the last distros to still do cd media outside of live media. Is this a case of users not knowing

Re: Do we need split media CDs for F12?

2009-06-13 Thread Bradley Baetz
On 14/06/09 04:53, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: - Frank Murphyfrankl...@gmail.com wrote: Just curious. But if a user has bandwidth problems, how is\are mutiple CD's going to help, or is it purely on hardware grounds, no dvd-rom. Does no one remember what happened last time the CD ball