On 3/21/2006 3:41 PM houghi wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 03:15:55PM +0100, Johannes Kastl wrote:
> I understand the reasoning.
>  
>> Most people try not to download the whole thing. If you only need the
>> first three, then download them. Then you have everything you need to
>> start installing.
> 
> I would say most people will download the whole thing. If they were
> interested in only downloading what they needed, we only would need either
> boot.iso or CD1.

1. Boot.iso and CD1 are not "complete". If you want to install a
"normal" system, you will need CD1-3 AFAIK.

>> That should be the first goal, to get the people to installation
>> quickly, without having them using the FTPs for too long.
> 
> Quickly? boot.iso or CD1.

But not "complete, see above.

>> Maybe the 3CD-Set torrent (one for 1-3, one for 4+5) would be a good
>> idea. Then everybody would get the first 3CD-Set, and hopefully seed
>> them again. Then this would be an improvement regarding the FTP-Load.
> 
> That could be a nice solution.

Lets hope for it then.

OJ
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