Some people want ISO's to install on computers that dont' have network
connections.
Some people want ISO's because they don't have space to mirror cooker all
the time, (or the bandwidth to get updates all the time) but do have the
space to download the iso's temporarily and then burn and delete them.
Some people feel installing from CD is faster and easier that either network
or HD installs. There are less steps, and less setup before the install
actually begins.
Not everyone already has a linux box setup where they can mkisofs the iso
images, and so far, the iso image script doesn't work anyways. If I didn't
already have a linux box, and I wanted to test ISO install, without ISO's
i'd be SOL.
Your opinion is NOT the opinion of all cookers (i like that term :)) And
you shouldn't force it on us. The ISO's are a good way for many more people
to test cooker, and for other people to switch to cooker from windows.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Stodden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Beta2 ISOs: followup
> Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>
> > > If you wish to work on the i486, sparc, and alpha ports without
> > > disturbing the beta, keep them in-house until they have passed their
> > > alpha tests. The beta test of them will then require additional
> > > separately-named distribution space separate from Cooker. If you
> > > phase their release, then they are different products, which implies
> > > separation.
> >
> > Yes, we should do like that, you're right. There is simply not enough
room
> > for the moment, on the mirrors, to contain all the trees we would need.
We
> > can only have one Cooker at a time.
>
> Take away the iso images and there is plenty of room.
>
> I do not understand your position or why you regard it as
> impregnable. Would you like to rethink all this? Why do it the
> difficult way, when the simpler way would work better?
>
>
> Ron.
>
>
