> I happily and dutifully purchase each CD-ROM release.
quoted text >
> Many of us receive these CDs prior to the official release date.
>
> It is my understanding/experience that many of the binary packages are not
> available on the CD, and I must wait for them to be released, and then copy
> them down to my local install server. If "early access" to the new release is
> an intended benefit of the CDs, (which it may not be, I don't know), then I
> for one, am not able to realize this benefit, because I need a lot of packages
> that are not included on the CD. I then contribute to "server overload" right
> after the release date, to ftp all these packages.
>
> Here is an idea for an additional release media product:
>
> DVD-ROM, including complete release and packages for i386 and amd64, and
> source
This will be a lot more work for me to make.
quoted text > I would happily pay more for this product than I currently do for the CDs.
And others might not. I don't know if it will offset.
quoted text > Possibly the reduction from 3 CDs to 1 DVD might reduce packaging and might be
> considered more "green". Having all the packages would keep people like me
> from
> having to download these packages over the Internet, saving bandwidth charges
> for those hosting public access.
I have also not yet invested the time into making 4 architectures
boot off 2 media.
