Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS
On Sun, 2020-07-19 at 13:43 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Tixy wrote:
> > On Sat, 2020-07-18 at 18:48 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > At this point in 2020, I think it would be reasonable to only
> > > produce
> > > netinst images and jigdo (and live, but that's a different-ish
> > > project). Drop the DVD images.
> > [...]
> >
> > Though this doesn't apply to me, I can imagine a fair few people in
> > the
> > world who don't have access to fast, cheap internet who would
> > appreciate a DVD image that they can simply download somewhere
> > where
> > they can get good internet. e.g. library, work, education
> > establishment. Or could get someone else to do that and mail it.
>
> Effectively, that's what jigdo is. Run a program locally to
> download and re-create ISO images.
Except you've got to download and install jigdo at your
library/work/college, or get a non-technical friend to do that, which
may not be permissible or possible. A DVD ISO image is just a file that
anyone can download with just a web browser.
--
Tixy
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