Karanbir Singh spake the following on 3/16/2007 9:44 AM: > C. Halstead wrote: >> ----- "Karanbir Singh" >> <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: >>> Just talking to Lance and Johnny online, and we feel the best way >>> forward might be to add an Media-Updates/ repo on the iso's itself - >>> then list both the local media updates as well as mirror.centos.org >>> updates repo's in the anaconda screen, both disabled. >>> >>> We feel this gives us the max wins in each direction ( but will >>> slightly increase the data size on the last cd, as packages from cd-1 >>> will move to cd-2 etc. >>> >>> I will still try and ensure that a minimum install is possible using >>> only cd-1, but cant promise that. >>> >>> - KB >> >> +1 to this if we can still produce a single-CD minimal install. IMO >> the value if a one-disc install is higher than the value of a release >> that contains the initial update set. In a month or two there will be >> additional updates to apply anyway, so it doesn't seem prudent to >> sacrifice the one-disc install for the life of the release to gain a >> (very) small convenience up front. Just my .02 >> >> --- > > if we can get a few more people voting this way, then I feel we have a > decision on this issue. > > - KB > I have to say that keeping as much upstream compatibility as possible is a good thing. Fixing the broken things is good, and I know that the CentOS team has probably fixed some bugs that upstream is appreciative of. But changing the release CD's might turn into a nightmare for the maintainers. Do you do it just for the initial release? How about for the next rollup? And after that, what? If you see a critical bug that a package will fix, adding it would be a plus, as was the i586 installer you added. But keep the upstream compatibility where you can. It will make passing bug reports up the chain a little easier. "Even though you have to cook your own food, you are still eating at their table for free" -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!