Do we need split media CDs for F12?

[Bradley Baetz]

On 14/06/09 04:53, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote:
>
> ----- "Frank Murphy"<frankly3d at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> But if a user has bandwidth problems, how is\are mutiple CD's going
>> to help, or is it purely on hardware grounds, no dvd-rom.
>>
>
> Does no one remember what happened last time the CD ball was dropped?
> Lets not repeat history just for fun. We have been down this road
> before, it was ugly and only lasted one release. Torrent tracker
> numbers BTW do not always tell the truth. In many cases in these less
> fortunate areas one person will download the ISO images, then make
> CDs for any one in the surrounding villages. Sneakernet is alive and
> well. I asked about this topic a few minutes ago in the
> #fedora-social IRC channel because we seemed to have a pretty diverse
> mix of people chatting. There was a resounding response that the CDs
> need to be kept.

What about a script that takes the DVD image and produces CD .isos? That 
saves on mirror space, but still allows people who want/need CDs to make 
them. Although it would require (temporarily) 2-3 times the disk space 
for that process, I guess.

Bradley