[CentOS-devel] Zero day updates upstream

Sat Mar 17 01:51:06 UTC 2007
William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com>

single disc minimal install following the upstream's release +1

Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 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
> 

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