On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:35:06 -0400 Marc Paré <[email protected]> wrote:
> Le 2010-11-05 10:01, Juergen Harms a écrit : > > On 11/05/2010 06:55 AM, andre999 wrote: > >> I would make all delta updates relative to the distro release, > >> i.e. > >> - main = foo-1 > >> - upd_full = foo-2, foo-3, foo-4, etc > > > > I have a feeling that just distributing snapshots of the update > > repositories (they are relative the release) is a wise thing to > > start with. That is simple, does not require new software and > > is easy to put in place. If Mageia wants to go further, it > > might be a good step to learn from (how much is it used, what > > has a tendency to go wrong, do people have difficutlies ...) > > and base furthers steps upon. > > > > Re risk - updates have a certain risk that an update introduces > > problems, you cant get away from that, however the packages are > > distributed. > > > > One thought based on dealing with risks and being selective with > > introducing updates: how about adding to a DVD with update > > packages also a structure (plain file ?) with the > > corresonponding security advisories? This entire discusion is > > on making life easy for users with bad connectivity - they > > might like to avoid fetching advisories over the net also. > > > > But I really think that some learning is necessary. How many > > users will need such a facility? how much investment is > > justified in creating the facility? > > > > I think it's more of how much have people become accustomed to > having their dial-up connections tied up for hours for an ISO > download and then updates. > > I am on two projects, Mageia and LibreOffice, and on both I have > read from people who were hoping to be heard that they only have > dial-up and could this please be considered. I think that dial-up > connections are more prevalent than we think. We "high speed" > internet users seem to lose sight that some of our market targets > are dial-up service members. > > I don't know if they would use any of these services. They may > have become so accustomed to tying up their phone lines for long > periods of time, that they may not even care any more even if > Community services were available. It may mean a matter of their > local Mageia Community advertising the fact that these service > are available. > > Marc > It's not just dial-up - many people in the UK only have mobile broadband, which is very expensive if you exceed the minimal bandwidth allowance (for some contracts, only 1GB a month). For some of those people, downloading a DVD-sized ISO would be impossible. -- Margot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Otford Ducks Computers** We teach, you learn... ...and, if you don't do your homework, we set the cat on you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
