reducing distribution CD count

[Jeff Spaleta]

On 02 Mar 2005 13:39:25 -0300, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat.com> wrote:
> Odds are it doesn't need them, since it's not connected.

oh please... there are all sorts of updates that have come out that
have had a direct impact on end-user facing elements to fix some
annoying issues. Its not ALL about security fixes. There have been
'needed' functionality fixes.  Even non-networked people who do
updates of fc3 are going to notice a marked difference in some aspects
of non-networked elements.. because of bug fixes. One man's unneeded
update is another man's critical feature bugfix.

This whole line of argument that you are trying to make is errenous in
the context of the original discussion about effective 3d testing. How
can you do effective do 3d testing/troubleshooting if you can't eat
the updates that are spun up to confirm the problem has been fixed on
your hardware? Confirming the fix is sort of important.. and if you
can't get the updates.. how do you confirm the fix?

The issue of trying to cram everything into the release isos is a
completely red herring issue. If you want to work on the more
important issue of how to build reliable mechanisms on how to get
updates into the hands of system admins in network-poor environments
that would be far more valuable in the long run.

-jef