Thomas Pani wrote: > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Andrew Gaffney <agaff...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> The real issue here is the size. If these additional packages plus all of >> the alsa modules add 20MB to the minimal CD, it's just not worth it. It's >> not "minimal" anymore. >> >> > Could you elaborate whom that change would affect (negatively)? 83MB > for current x86 isn't really "minimal" any more, anyway. > I don't see the difference between 83MB and 103MB: > - Makes no difference on blank CD (even those minis have ~200MB). > - Regarding download size, well, after the CD you'll have to get the > stage tarball and most probably source tarballs as well. > > -- > Thomas Pani > > >
For a person on dial-up, about 2 1/2 hours of additional download. That said, I'd be OK with the increase in size if it would help a person who can't see the screen. Dale :-) :-)
