On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:23:19 +0200 Josip Rodin <joy@entuzijast.net> wrote: > Hi, > > A noticable number of people appear to be hoarding our CD/DVD images. > More importantly, my mirror server logs show that many people keep > downloading files past the first image. For example last month I've > had 257 distinct IPs fetching first image files, and yet 95 were also > fetching second or later image files. 27% of people are supposed to > have an actual need for other images, even though they have such a > quality Internet access that they can download CD/DVD image files in > the first place? That's really unlikely. I downloaded all the CD images for Etch when I installed it on a laptop for someone who doesn't have internet access (and might be able to get dialup) and who I won't be get the computer from to install new software if they need it or if they hose the system (I created instruction and post-install script that should make it possible for them to reinstall the system from scratch without a network connection if necessary). I installed packages from all but one or two of the CD's. Of course fewer CD's would be necessary for such a case if the order of packages was more sane, but AFAIK it's based on popcon so it's as good as it's likely to get. -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org No more sea shells: Daniel's Weblog http://cshore.wordpress.com
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