On Tuesday 02 May 2006 11:19, Michael Schroeder wrote: > On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 01:57:13AM +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > However, considering that it takes 50 minutes times 5 disks = 4 hours 10 > > minutes to recreate the 5 CDs, it is worth considering if a lower > > compression ratio, or an altogether different compression method, would > > be interesting for us all. Perhaps it would mean 6 CDs, but maybe that is > > acceptable :-? > > Yes, we thought about switching back to gzip instead of bzip2 (gzip > is much faster). This would also make the installation a bit faster. > But all the rpms are not only on the CDs, but the DVD as well, so > that would mean dropping packages from the DVD. Thus we decided > against it. > > Hey, maybe this is a good question for the community: would it be > ok for you if we drop a couple of packages for faster installation? > > Cheers, > Michael.
For myself, I don't mind a few packages being dropped but it would depend on the packages. How would they be selected for omission? Eddie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
