Can we have a Delta-DVD release

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Wed Apr 22 08:36:08 UTC 2009


On 04/22/09 00:14, James Gallagher wrote:
> Now a question for anyone: does the F11 beta release contain lots of
> debug code and if so would you expect the final dvd to have a smaller
> delta iso?

Unlikely.

> And one further point: wouldn't this be particularly useful for
> successive test releases, alphas, beta, release-candidates, since the
> deltas would be tiny.

That probably would work out much better, yes.  One could try F11-alpha 
-> F11-beta to figure.  There was the mass rebuild inbeetween though, so 
these delta size probably is higher than usual.  F11-beta -> 
F11-prerelease should give a more realistic picture.

cheers,
   Gerd




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