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re: cd snapshots



On 15-Nov-99 Paul Harris wrote:
> wow! $30 for debian cds? i don't think i could pay that! i was thinking
> around $2 per cd + postage (is that around 7? probably less!) ... hmmm
> thats $8+, not $30! 

I think this is an absurd price. But probably they are the only potato cd
vendor.
 
> i suppose they are aiming for people who just want to buy one copy, but
> i'm thinking of aiming for the people who just want updates and so on...
> imagine: you say "i want all the packages that were upgraded since last
> week"... and a cd is sent to you for around $3 or $4!

Unstable cds are very useful for developers and users located where internet
connection costs too much (sic). And many people would be happy if this would
be possible. 

I'd like the possibility to download iso-images periodically updated and cds
too. Can this be done?

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