On 06/26/2014 07:02 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 06/26/2014 01:02 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> Hi >> >> As in CentOS-6, I think we should skip the CD isos; there is little >> point in that ( but we should do the minimal ISO, lets keep conversation >> about that on its own thread ). > I support that. CDs should be phased out, at least as main distribution > media. IF there is demand for that, maybe create them and distribute via > torrent. But I would not clobber the mirrors with CD-sized ISO images > for the main distro > > >> The main distro is just a hint over 6.6GB, that means we cant really put >> all the stuff into a single DVD[1]; so we need to do the splits. In the >> past, we've done multiple installs making sure that all the installable >> components from the installer's groups, in english atleast, are all on >> DVD#1 and the rest can goto DVD#2. I suspect that strategy will work >> here as well, and does someone want to give it a shot and come up with a >> list of rpms that are installable via the installer. >> > [...] >> [1]: maybe we should do a single large 6.6GB ISO as well, and have it >> available only on torrents, for people who might want or have access to >> that large format media, or people who just want a copy of the primary >> repo without using rsync. Thoughts ? > +1 for distributing a single large ISO. A lot of people install from USB > sticks and 8GBs ones have become more like a norm than a rarity > nowadays. And a 4.7GB iso would not fit on a 4GB stick anyway so a 8GB > one would be needed. Which means that the effort for whoever wants to > install from a stick would not be "much" ( for a lax definition of much > :) ) higher to download a 6.6 GB image instead of a 4.7GB one. I for > one would grab the larger one. ... I still have the CentOS 5.7 iso on my > phone's SD Card and install from it from time to time. > > Although you are right for people with fast internet, there are still thousands of people in undeveloped countries that have pay-by-MB internet, some even only dial-up lines. So I suggest those CD ISO's to be built, no need to build them in prime-time download frenzy, but they should exist, even if only on some mirrors or in vault (small bandwidth users can not clog the server). -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant