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On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 11:59 -0400, Patrick McLean wrote: |
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> Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 11:12 +0000, Duncan wrote: |
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> >>> For example, if we hand out CDs at conventions etc, we would have to |
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> >>> also hand out source CDs. |
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> > |
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> >> As my reply there, however, Gentoo does still have it better than most, in |
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> >> that the LiveCDs contain relatively few binaries, and they tend to be |
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> >> relatively core packages to which sources should still be available even |
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> >> for historic releases, should we wish to continue distributing the |
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> >> historical LiveCDs. The packages CDs OTOH... |
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> > |
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> > Umm... The LiveCD has almost 700 packages on it. Perhaps you mean the |
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> > InstallCD? |
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> > |
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> I have absolutely zero experience with catalyst, but couldn't it be made |
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> to create a source CD ISO when it is generating the binary one? Just |
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> make a cd with all the distfiles used in the ISO, and keep the source |
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> ISO with the binary one in /historical. |
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Sure it could. Feel free to submit a patch to make it do so. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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