[arch-releng] releases, snapshots and semantics

[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:24:30 +0530
Abhishek Dasgupta <abhidg at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/8/17 Dieter Plaetinck <dieter at plaetinck.be>:
> > On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:18:09 +0530
> > Abhishek Dasgupta <abhidg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Why not just call it the Arch Linux installer?
> >>
> >> Abhishek
> >
> > 1) because you can use the cd's for other things besides installing new Arch systems (disaster recovery etc)
> > 2) because there are more means to install Arch linux systems (not all are supported right now, but I want to do so on the long term): pxe installs, installation from other "normal" arch systems etc
> >
> > Dieter
> 
> You can call it AIF then, that's after all the main program on the disc.
> 
> Abhishek

AIF is basically a set of bash scripts.  It is not a bunch of images for cd's and usb sticks.

Dieter