ISO images of updated packages
Michael Vogt
michael.vogt at ubuntu.com
Mon Jun 12 08:41:16 BST 2006
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 08:07:51PM -0400, Andrew Zajac wrote:
> On 6/11/06, Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis at kaarsemaker.net> wrote:
> >
> >On zo, 2006-06-11 at 13:29 +0200, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
> >> The 'only ship' updates would currently be 20MB.
>
>
> If bandwidth is not an issue, a choice of images would be ideal.
> Otherwise, "only ship" would probably make the most sens and avoid waste.
>
> Slightly off topic, wasn't there someone who was working on a web-based
> package tool to provide a "download-with-dependencies" experience for people
> who only have broadband access on a non-linux box?
There is the OfflineUpdateSpec that tries to deal with this
problem. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OfflineUpdateSpec for details.
Cheers,
Michael
--
Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo
More information about the ubuntu-devel
mailing list