Stavros Giannouris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:30:37 -0500 > Simo Leone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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 > No, but distribution iso's tend to come with magazines, and are easier > to have them downloaded by friends, relatives etc, that don't > nessescarily use the same distribution, or Linux at all.
I know this doesn't sound good, but then maybe Arch isn't the right choice for him. If he can't afford getting the (IIRC) less than 100 MB of packages that are required for a base Arch install, then he won't be able to keep up with current anyway. Arch is a bleeding edge distro, if you don't keep up it really isn't more than the bleeding part. Also, laptops are getting more and more popular, especially in the "big fat fiberoptic at work, 56k at home" case where the company provides the laptop. So doing the initial install from somewhere with more bandwidth is becoming easier. But unless the releasing could be automated (which it can, but will require some work to get going), I think everybody is better off letting the developers do development instead of release engineering. Besides, most Arch users are geeks, and bandwidth has a high priority on a geek's monthly budget. Most people with little bandwidth don't want to pay for it because they simply do not spend that much time with their computers, and when they do, 56k is fine for fetching the week's 10 new e-mails, of which 7 is spam and 2 are subscribed services. -- .-. Mark Rosenstand (-.) oo| cc ) /`'\ (+45) 255 31337 3-n-( (\_;/) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _(|/`-> _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
