Chris Adams wrote:
I personally rsync rawhide to my disk server at home. I can PXE
boot
test installs, and I keep a fairly up-to-date KVM virtual system around
to build LiveCD images and LiveUSB sticks. It is much faster than I'd
be able to download a new DVD image daily.
I suspect that the reason rsync didn't work out for the RCs is that it
allows you to start from a file very different from the end file,
generating lots of bandwidth. Last time I used it, I don't remember it
giving any estimate of the required download size, either (is there any
way to get this?). This could mean lots of people starting from
something like the previous Final version, meaning they'd have to
download something like half of the full size, without knowing that.
With disos, you have to start from a fixed point which can be chosen to
be very close to the finish, and already available on mirrors (like the
Preview), and people know in advance exactly how big the diso is.