I have to say, this is an ironic thread name. Here's what would be nice.
RH8 install begins, then it prompts me with the last screen where I install the packages. It has chosen a ton of defaults, such as Samba 2.2.5 HOWEVER, it has also checked, and it sees that there is an updated package, 2.2.6 available, so I can select that instead. Some packages might have several options. Continuing with Samba, we might also offer Samba 2.2, and Samba 2.2 (Save version as older RH installs.) etc. The default is X, but newer and older are still available at install time. This would allow then to have a single CD install, since everything would be a DL. It addresses my desire for current versions, Aaron's desire for Binaries, and 90% of users would just go with the defaults, so it wouldn't be much more difficult for RH support either.) An added advantage is that major security requirements could be forced. Meaning the older SSL stuff would no longer be able to install. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:09 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work > At 01:17 PM 12/2/02, you wrote: > >But the installer does not. > > In our case we wouldn't want it to unless we could define the source of > those updates. With Up2date you can't do that. Why would I want my newly > installed box downloading from the internet what I already have downloaded? > Even on RH 7.2 which has about half a CD of updates, I can install updates > from a NFS share in a couple of minutes. > > regards, > -- > Mark Lane > Hard Data Ltd. > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 > FAX: 01-780-456-9772 > > 11060 - 166 Avenue > Edmonton, AB, Canada > T5X 1Y3 > > http://www.harddata.com/ > --> Ask me about our Affordable Alpha Systems! <-- > > > > >
