Thank you for regarding this increasingly important issue: While desktop installations are greedy with space and dependencies, the area of netbooks (xo, eepc etc.) is getting a more and more important field for Debian users.
In the long run, these devices with tight disk space should be worth a new upgrade technology (beyond documenting a workaround to match unappropriate resources). Remember Debian mirrors to meet slow bandwiths? Now we have to meet tight flash disks. My ideas aim at two targets: 1. apt-get intelligence: algorithms might find a step-wise "route" to the desired installation state by dividing upgrading into minimal "onion" layers (interim steps). 2. installing deb packages directly from a Debian mirror using sftp-mount. Instead of downloading deb packages they would directly install from the mirror. What do you think? Regards Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
