On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 07:31 -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote:
On 7/11/07, Paul Mattal <paul@mattal.com> wrote:
I support reorganizing, but like the fact that a single full CD can give me a pretty useful system if I'm a disconnected install.
Here's what I find silly about the "1 cd" requirement. Not only can squashfs, with varying compression levels, make this a never ending argument as to the real size, we also generally support "modern hardware" (or used to). This means that we should probably be supporting DVDs.
Now, go ask around. I'll bet ya any money that most people you ask install from the base or ftp isos. Most people who like the current ISO are more like you - it's more of a special case thing.
I can't remember the last time I installed from anything other than the ftp disk. Even on systems that are disconnected, I normally take them somewhere with a fast connection to do install/upgrade, then they just sit where they're at after that. If they ever need upgraded again I could burn current and extra to a dvd or put it on a flash disk. I don't tend to go to people's houses without internet and expect to install Arch and have everything work without upgrading or checking wiki/google. Dale