Re: Bug#93612: Support for new archive structure

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@axis.com>]

On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Santiago Vila wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Philip Charles wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> >
> > > No more than all the other ugly things that have been suggested, and this
> > > only affects the 3 people silly enough to loopback mount ISO's and try to
> > > use APT on them.
> >
> > I have used this myself.  It is a good way to test an image.  It is also
> > used by people who have borrowed CDs and do not have a burner.
>
> I use this too, and I even have a burner.
>
> A loopback ISO mount is always faster than the real CD.
> If this is not going to be possible anymore, we lose *valuable* functionality.

I also (relatively) often use it.

Cheers,
Cristian