RCs for Everyone (was One (more) week slip of Fedora 11 Release)

[Andre Robatino]

Chris Adams wrote:

> I personally rsync rawhide to my disk server at home.  I can PXE boot
> test installs, and I keep a fairly up-to-date KVM virtual system around
> to build LiveCD images and LiveUSB sticks.  It is much faster than I'd
> be able to download a new DVD image daily.

I suspect that the reason rsync didn't work out for the RCs is that it 
allows you to start from a file very different from the end file, 
generating lots of bandwidth.  Last time I used it, I don't remember it 
giving any estimate of the required download size, either (is there any 
way to get this?).  This could mean lots of people starting from 
something like the previous Final version, meaning they'd have to 
download something like half of the full size, without knowing that. 
With disos, you have to start from a fixed point which can be chosen to 
be very close to the finish, and already available on mirrors (like the 
Preview), and people know in advance exactly how big the diso is.

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