Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Warly wrote: >> When we will be sure these ISOs are really final, that is to say by >> the end of next week, club members and contributors should have >> exclusive access to the download edition ISOs. >> For others ISOs will be freely available worldwide by the end of >> october. > > Warly, > > But what is your plan for availability and freezing of the trees that > correspond and are more complete than these incomplete ISOs (for rc > and final and release and cooker)? > > ISOs are useless to most people with broadband bandwidth limits (like > the writer) who already have the cooker tree, as you know. ISOs are > also incomplete, as stated above, therefore are not a good base for > release testing. > > Distributing the tree instead of the ISO takes negligibly more mirror > space and suits everyone, as long as mkcd is included so that CD sets > can be made from the tree for giving to second level testers who lack > suitable internet access. Distribution by tree also makes updating > far more efficient and economical. > > This remains my considered recommendation.
The public availability date of the tree is not yet known. However I have internally forked the tree this morning. -- Warly
