Op 05-03-2007 om 20:56 schreef peter green: > > > > try this: > > > > wget > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/20070304-1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso > > This is a problem though, using symlinks for the downloads like this > rather than just updating the links essentially means that any user who > doesn't pay carefull attention to how things are done and has a long > download containing resumes (e.g. a user who has a slow and unstable > internet connection)will get a broken image. That seems to me to be > a large loss for a relatively small gain.
I do know what you mean. And I think I have now a clue for failed installations who couldn't be explained. I do feel sorry for those who did a download and the next day again with the same outcome, because they got both times hit by the daily build switch. > btw are we ever likely to get a proper tool for downloading images > in a peicewise fassion? jigdo-lite is really terrible (no progress > indication, unclear if its resuming or starting again etc). Bittorrent > is banned or highly throttled on many networks and even when it is > availible is only suitable for the most popular images. Point seen, in fact "Good pointsss seen". My advice is to split them in separate wishlist bugreports against the (pseudo)package[1] ftp.debian.org Cheers Geert Stappers [1] http://www.nl.debian.org/Bugs/pseudo-packages -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
