On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Tim wrote:
Tim:
That example wasn't a gig of files including three versions of the same thing, etc. It was how much was downloaded to update one system. And that wasn't a system with everything installed, it had not much more than the basic install.
Ian Malone:
The point is that you produce a DVD (since F7 is a DVD) with the current RPMs from Updates were they supersede those in Release. A Fedora 7.1 if you will.
The original poster mentioned CD, so that's what I went with. The point I was making that getting all the updates, is an awful lot of files. It's less work to just get what you need.
Anyway, this adds another complication: Your update disc is out-of-date rather rapidly. I'd only take this approach if you were going to update a collection of non-networked computers, that you only bothered to update fairly infrequently.
Or something on a very slow data connection. I can just imagine how long it would take to get the complete set of F7 updates on dialup. Even if it was a bit stale, it makes for less to download.