On 1 November 2010 10:24, Marc Paré <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 2010-11-01 06:00, Philippe DIDIER a écrit : >> >> Always thinking about slow internet connections, or no connection at >> all (in Ardèche, in Burkina Faso, in Niger etc...) >> >> Three months after the last version of Mandriva has appeared, I have >> downloaded more than 700 Mo of updates (some updates updating previous >> updates) >> >> If someone installs Mageia with a DVD or CD provided by somebody, he >> will get more and more rpms to update as much as time goes on.... (for >> instance if Mageia 2011 appears april 2011, I send a DVD to my friend >> who installs it on his new computer in september 2011 .... and he will >> be asked to update his installed Mageia) >> If he cannot download a CD iso because of his connection, he cannot >> download 700 Mo of updates !!! >> >> It might be useful to provide >> "updated" DVD iso or CD iso, some time after the release was provided, >> so that those burned DVD or CD can be sent to people with slow internet >> connection, freeing them of huge updates to download !!! >> >> The only solution I have for now with Mandriva is to keep a copy of >> each dowloaded updated rpm in a folder, and to fill a DVD with those >> rpms (it is a DVD of updates, not an updated DVD...) and to send it. >> My friend copyes those rpms in a specially created folder, and add this >> folder as a source in rpmdrake... (not so easy for a newbie) and he can >> get an up to date working Mandriva immediately... >> >> my 2 pence >> > > Actually, good point. > > Would there be a better way to do this? > > It's a shame that Mandriva/Mageia does not add the updates to the official > ISO. This would then not be an issue. > > Perhaps we could ask for this as a feature? > > Are there any devs on the list who could provide some opinion? > > Marc > >
Using delta rpms would reduce the size of the updates, or has my lack of understanding of delta roms got in the way?
