What is urgent is a 7.1 base CD, with a 2.6.13 or 14 kernel because 7.0 talks about devfs, and that makes roadkill easy with the upgrade that follows. It will be a lot better for new to Archers if there is a 7.1 base CD without devfs, and with gcc 4 and the libs all in one bundle.
--- Bozhidar Batsov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>On 10/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>>Although Arch is not release type distro like > Fedora and SuSE it > >>>> > >>>> > >>>would be nice if installation cds were made > available on a regular > >>>basis a-la-Gentoo/BSD... New users will be more > tempted to try Arch > >>>that way, users with slow or no Internet will be > able to upgrade > >>>their systems... I think that if Arch produced an > installation cd > >>>every 6 months containing a snapshot of the > essential packages + one > >>>extra cd with additional software for users with > poor internet > >>>access that would be fine. Pacman and the > installer will naturaly > >>>evolve with every new release though they want > need to introduce > >>>some ground-breaking features $B4E(B. GUI > installer is not > >>>required at all, but the current one should be > completely revamped > >>>in my opion. That way we'll keep it small and > simple for more and > >>>more users. For honour, glory and Arch > hegemony!:) > >>> > >>> > >>>>Best Regards, > >>>>Bozhidar > >>>> > >>>> > >>-- > >>http://aconkling.blogspot.com > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>arch mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >arch mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > > > All I said was with concern for a maximum number of > users - I for one > have 1MB/s unlimited connection to the Internet and > don't actually plan > ever to use an installation CD. But many do... > Anyway - some roadmap > will be better than none... > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
