Randy Welch wrote:
> Ron Stodden wrote:
>
> >
> > I cannot see any way of avoiding the initial download of that much
> > data, other than mailing out CDs, but for V90 access it is a killer
> > (gone from 50 hours to 77 hours, all going perfectly). I thing
> > most V90 beta testers will have little option but to walk away.
> >
> I'm kind of surprised that V.90 users would download a whole linux
> distribution these days anyway. I tried that once. Before DSL I would
> download the distro image at work toss it on a jaz disk ( or burn a CD
> at work ) and then install it at home.
>
Some of us who can't get ANY kind of broad band connections still do (I just
spent the last three days downloading the new beta iso)....
>
> > Distribution by iso images is NOT practical yet for people without CD
> > burners or inadequate disk space. So you will lose another major
> > group of beta testers, unless the ability to install directly from
> > the two iso images (does not yet exist) is made available.
>
> I actually think that you find the beta testers are those with spare
> disk space. And one can get other testers by being nice to co workers
> and friends and burning CD's if one is so equipped ( I did that today
> for a co worker who I've raved about Mandrake about.)
>
> >
> > That aside, a concerted effort should be made to devise an efficient
> > beta update distribution process. I strongly recomment rsync, since
> > it will make updates within files (such as iso images) practical,
> > using an absolute minimum of server and client bandwidth. This makes
> > keeping up to date quite practical for the V90-equipped beta
> > testers. However, there are three requirements on Mandrake:
> >
>
> I agree here. Though perhaps in the beta test distributions one could
> use Mandrake Update that gets the changes from the cooker distribution
> sites.
>
This would certainly be nice....
Jim
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