On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 10:06:51AM -0400, Andrew Conkling wrote: > On 10/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With the exception of one package improperly installed the last time I > > tried it; the ftp install will get you the very latest packages without > > having to install the older ones from the cd you are using. The cd can be > > quite old to do this. > > I'm with Georg that a regular CD release isn't all that necessary and > that a task-based roadmap would work better. (And in that vein, I > think that's Judd and the gang work, so I *think* what you'd be asking > for then is that they tell us what they're thinking. :) > > However, Bob, just wanted to make sure that you understand that > Bozhidar (if no one else) is saying that if your network connection is > slow (or non-existent), the FTP install is not a very viable option. > I'm not sure how many people these days are using such a connection, > or whether it's important for Arch to accommodate them, but I bet it's > probably more than I think. >
I wholeheartedly beg to differ. So let's get this straight, you're trying to tell me that someone with a SLOW connection would rather download hundreds upon hundreds of packages on CDs, the majority of which he'll never use, rather than spending ONLY the time to download ONLY the packages he will use, which amounts to a lot less. You don't make sense. -S
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