-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Il 06/11/2011 10:19, Wolfgang Bornath ha scritto: > 2011/11/6 Maarten Vanraes <[email protected]>: >> Op zondag 06 november 2011 08:15:12 schreef Wolfgang Bornath: >> [...] >>> How is a download of a 600MB iso different from installing 600MB of >>> updates via net? More, usually you will not need all updates, only >>> updates of installed packages. >> >> because they can be downloaded by someone else and burned and delivered to >> someone. or, if you're doing multiple installs, you can save time. > <cut> > 2. A DVD with updates > This DVD may present a benefit for people with small bandwidth or in > case of a multiple machine environment. Although, in such a case I'd > prefer a local repository with nightly sync. A DVD with all updates is > only a snapshot of one moment in the release's life, part of it may be > outdated next day or week. So, 2 weeks later we have the same > questions as today. I don't think that Mageia should offer this, not > talking about the fact that everybody can do this (at the time which > suits himself) without much knowledge. > > A DVD with updates is a nice idea for a local community where somebody > has enough bandwidth to host a local repo (or even mirror) and can > hand out update snapshots on request for people with small bandwidth.. > I think that having something like apt-zip[1] on Mageia (I mean based on urpm) could be a good alternative, too. Regards,
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/AptZip - -- Matteo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mageia - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOtmY5AAoJED3LowjDDWbNS9YH/0q5gfxSjuk1ol6Y/HgBfhf5 gpKrw8Eqgz9PCalrdYIL/10WIiWCgmDwhXGtIoz+iuLDkxwWMq+DkKQAnZPpyhlC sR5jTHkXVAyFAdQa1HcRFvC7ceJyaVi3CYpuuhhmNtQAzBCH/eDvc4PDEeeqWD7g WQbUdmmx7kjPLLxR1eB/TaKn2WV8dreRJWtsFqH7oQGO6e7cGdfVGavFMhUcyI+5 SwVmyRt4RTHCnTYksEboU8HEoD8LCO8wE2zOWVJ/kn552D29INiKgMTDFet+JQeD qo5BuSejogeInyXP+JoaCa0hr9LNKEWF/AwwgN60XCb3wbNwIJNGB+l0DoHnlgE= =ZZTB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
