Simo Leone wrote: >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. > > You been using computers too long. With an ISO people can burn it for you and send it to you ;)
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