Re: Next stable release: 13 CD's

[Kai Grossjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>]

Beretta <invalid@invalid.org> writes:

> How in God's name is it an obstacle? Who the hell needs all 13 CD's?
> Are you planning on installing every single binary package there is?

I don't know about you, but the idea of

  - buy CD 1 via mail order
  - wait a week for it to arrive
  - start Debian installation
  - want to install application X
  - find out which CD contains application X
  - buy CD Y via mail order
  - wait a week for it to arrive
  -...

doesn't sound too exciting for me.  Especially the "wait a week" bits.

Please note that an 8h download via modem can become quite expensive
if you don't have a flatrate.  That's, I guess, why people want to
order the CDs in the first place.

So, *if* somebody decides to buy via mail order, *then* surely
anything but "the full set of all CDs" doesn't make sense.

Kai