On Monday 20 April 2009 07:15:22 pm James Gallagher wrote:
The problem of space on the DVD has been an issue in the last few
DVD
releases of Fedora, requiring the removal of previously included packages.
Now, isn't it the case that many fedora users download F8, F9, F10 ... iso
images every 6 months or so?
So wouldn't it make sense to have a delta image made from successive
releases and an accompanying script which would read from a previously
existing iso image or disk and recreate the "full" iso image, splitting it
into 2 dvd disc images if required or merging for transfer to a
double-sided dvd or large usb stick?
(I don't think it would be a huge ask of anaconda to install from 2 disks
rather than 1)
Even if the image size is kept below 4.3GB for a single disk, the delta
download would be welcomed by many.
After all, I think some of the large language packages would have a pretty
small delta between 6 month release cycles.
btw, I don't expect this ready for F11 ;)
It's called jigdo.
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Conrad Meyer <konrad(a)tylerc.org>