I guess really, you need the pre-reqs, even the core packages can be downloaded "just in time".
I'll let other developers pitch in their thoughts. My concern is that the tarball is continuing to grow and it may become too bloated for us to manage in the future. Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bruce Becker > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 13:11 > To: Paul Greidanus > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Oscar-devel] PVM's setup script -> package repos > > Hi OSCAR-devel, > > Sorry to sort of butt-in... > > I've been wondering why more packages aren't in the step 0 aditional > > packages, rather then in the growing tarball? > > What about using the tarball to distribute only really core > things, and > > have everything else downloadable just in-time, or for the user to > > mirror for their arch locally (by a script?) > From a purely bandwidth-related point fo view, I would really like to > see this happen - it takes us over 36 hours to get an OSCAR tarball > down to Cape Town... There are certain packages that we can do > without, and would only add them just-in-time as you say, when users > clamour. What is the minimum of packages that _have_ to be bundled > with the trunk ? > > Thanks > Bruce > > -- > Bruce Becker > DAPNIA/SPhN/CEA Saclay > Fr-91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex > tel :(w) +33 1 69087482 | (m) + 33 62 739 5720 | (f) +33 1 69087584 > IM : AIM/Jabber - brucellino | Yahoo - uctbruce > WEB :http://hep.phy.uct.ac.za/~becker "Viel hilft viel" > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep > through log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. > DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=ick > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
