Re: network installer uses HTTP instead of FTP to load base2_2.tgz
Ok guys, this is getting out of hand, and is turning into a flame,
which is something I would really prefer to avoid.
Petr Cech wrote:
> > split the base2_2.tgz file into small enough chunks to fit on
> > floppies.
>
> why manualy? There are already split on the mirror
the files may be broken up, but some poor human has to sit there and
feed disks into the drive, one by one. Its not the method I'd
recommend.
> > I do have an issue with inconstant means of downloading necessary
> > files during an install. http is simply a bad choice for dozens of
> > reasons.
>
> inconsistant? I'd say installing all from http is not inconsistent.
it is inconsistent in that part of the network install uses http,
whereas the rest uses ftp.
> > Forcing the user to provide http accessible file instead of simply
> > accessing the base2_2.tgz file via anonymous and/or non-anonymous FTP
> > is curiously over-restrictive. Why?
>
> If a user can setup a ftp mirror, that surely he can
a 1-line wget command will mirror Debian. no big deal.
> > Again, I know how to work around the issue for myself, however I can
> > easily imagine many users at home, or at school who would do this.
> and I can imagine what a sysadmin would do to a user with a potato
> mirror in his home dir
Thats not the point. Sure, this done all the time at universities for
class projects, with sysadmin encouragement (the instructor).
my whole point is this, "hey, without making a lot of extra work for
the developers, lets make installation sensible and easy as possible".
Its already 95% of the way there.
peace-
ron
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