Re: cd snapshots
On 17-Nov-1999, Paul Harris <barra@tartarus.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> ah i was thinking about a more minimalist approach ie only write stuff
> that the end user actually needs... that way we don't need to write 4-5
> cds every time...
This is an extremely fuzzy definiton. Only writing stuff that the user
needs implies that you know what the user needs.
> not (what Tyson said) just update iso-images. what i am thinking is a
> network of volunteers that can send people (who don't have cheap LAN like
> me) cds of what they need as cheaply as possible (cheaper = more frequent
> upgrades possible).
>
> perhaps the cds could also contain new packages or something... any ideas?
The entire package dependency system makes controlled updates difficult.
You need tools to help decide what to put any update CD. It's a
difficult job. Stable updates would be doable, but unstable is a mess.
I'm not sure that you understand what you are getting into. If you
spend some time trying to create CD images yourself and look into what
is required to put together some small upgrade packages, then you might
get a better idea of what is involved.
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