What is the fascination with 'spins'

Andrew Parker andrewparker at bigfoot.com
Mon Feb 5 18:44:51 UTC 2007


On 2/5/07, Peter Ennis <peterennis at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Fulko.Hew imparted these words of wisdom:
>
> > Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:50:34 -0500
>
> Me... I want an ISO that has 'everything' on it (that it can), and
> then let me select what I need, without forcing me to have a network
> connection to search for missing stuff.
>
> ++1 here
> (Only one copy of each rpm is in 'everything')
> I can then configure a box to my needs,
> run yum update for all at once and reasonably expect
> no rpm conflicts - and more important - so can a newbie.
> It could be bit torrent only and burn your own DVD.
> It will not be long before this becomes
> "burn your own HD-DVD / BlueRay ..." for catering
> to the growth of 'everything'.

Mark me up for an "everything spin" too.  If mirrors are a problem,
then make it bittorrent only - this makes those of us that want it
also responsible for providing it.




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