On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 01:58:42PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > I propose: > 1. Leave the FTP archive as-is, fundamentally. There is no need > for separation there. > 2. Separate the CD set into task-oriented CDs. For instance: > * A Base CD, containing the installable stuff, libraries, > various other things. > * A games CD > * An X Apps CD. Gnome, etc. > * A development CD. gcc, gdb, python, etc. > * Servers CD. > Etc. These may need to be adjusted based on size. It is > basically a size-oriented extension of the task concept. Maybe this isn't a bad idea. With the actual arrangement, you sometimes don't know which CD to use, and we have two cd's only. Trying 4 Potato cd's to find that foo app is not good. > 3. Do this sepraation for both binaries and source. > 4. Most important. Make the first CD have a master index, and have > package utilities (apt-get?) know which CD the person needs > to install a given package. > > Obviously this will not occur for potato but it is a somewhat pressing > need. Thoughts? I know it's not accesible for the majority, but DVD should help here. Suse is a 5 or 6 cd set (so non-free, but this has nothing to do). If I'm not mistaken, latest release, 6.3 is available on 1 DVD disk. Of course, we cannot count on everyone having a DVD when Woody is around, so thinking about CD-based solutions is still needed, but DVD should solve a fair bit of the problem. Jordi
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