Re: Newer vegastrike : can we package that big ?
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Miriam Ruiz <little.miry@gmail.com> wrote:
> Having an external data.debian.net server, or something like that
> (which hopefully will turn into some debian.org server in the future)
> might be a good solution, as well as also allowing newer installation
> sources (as it has been mentioned, users might want to have the read
> only game data installed in DVD or so instead of in the Hard Disk).
> Downloading it via torrent might be an option too. My main concer
> about having the game data in an external server is that the game will
> probably have to go to contrib, which is something I wouldn't want for
> free games.
I also think data.d.n would be best, for now. As debtorrent continues to
mature, the hosting cost problem should dimish, over time, as well.
An extra set of data CDs could solve the problem users on a
non-networked box, with small pipes or on a pay-per-volume model face. I
see the main vs contrib issue similar to not owning a full CD set. Even
though you have only stuff from main, you can not install some programs
as there are dependencies on other discs which you simply don't own.
As the only people affected by this would be people who need/want the
space-intensive packages, I think the trade-off is more than fair.
Especially as the majority of users will not care for any of these
packages.
If there is need for hosting space, I can also chuck in or try to help
with the implementation overall.
Regards,
Richard
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