Re: Next stable release: 13 CD's
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:49, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> 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.
Agreed. FWIW I have hit every one of my Woody set of 7 doing installs.
Maybe that's cos I'm retired and have too much time on my hands. :-)
Bob Parker
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