On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:52, Nathan Robertson <nathanr(a)nathanr.net> wrote:
Yes, but by saying that you are limiting to people who can download
4GB
isos. I concede that that includes sources, but even so, 1GB, 2GB and
4GB are far apart, and not everyone has unlimited ADSL. For example,
only the top two of Telstra's five plans would be able to download the
FC2 DVD iso, even if they abstained from the Internet for the rest of
the month. (for those outside .au, Telstra is Australia's biggest
Then they can download it across two months, visit a friend and download part
of it there, or get it from their local LUG.
Currently it seems that every LUG has someone who is willing to copy CDs for
the cost of the media. When DVD writers become more popular the same will
happen with DVDs.
The size of the download needs to be considered, particularly given
there is no official pressed DVD version shipped by Red Hat for $15
with a 50 page pocketbook guide at your local newsagent any more.
Getting a freshly burnt DVD from your local LUG is better, it's cheaper and
comes out sooner than any commercially packaged CDs could.
I might end up doing that myself by the time FC3 comes out.
The way things are going, they'll have no choice. What happens
when all
binary and source RPMs don't fit on one DVD? Ship two DVDs? We all
The vast majority of users don't need any significant fraction of the source.
So they can get the binaries on DVD and download the source that they need.
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