Re-doing F7

[alan]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Tim wrote:

> Tim:
>>> That example wasn't a gig of files including three versions of the same
>>> thing, etc.  It was how much was downloaded to update one system.  And
>>> that wasn't a system with everything installed, it had not much more
>>> than the basic install.
>
>
> Ian Malone:
>> The point is that you produce a DVD (since F7 is a DVD)
>> with the current RPMs from Updates were they supersede
>> those in Release.  A Fedora 7.1 if you will.
>
> The original poster mentioned CD, so that's what I went with.  The point
> I was making that getting all the updates, is an awful lot of files.
> It's less work to just get what you need.
>
> Anyway, this adds another complication:  Your update disc is out-of-date
> rather rapidly.  I'd only take this approach if you were going to update
> a collection of non-networked computers, that you only bothered to
> update fairly infrequently.

Or something on a very slow data connection.  I can just imagine how long 
it would take to get the complete set of F7 updates on dialup.  Even if it 
was a bit stale, it makes for less to download.

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