Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS

From	Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS
Date	2020-07-19 20:10 +0200
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On Sun, 2020-07-19 at 13:43 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Tixy wrote: 
> > On Sat, 2020-07-18 at 18:48 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > At this point in 2020, I think it would be reasonable to only
> > > produce
> > > netinst images and jigdo (and live, but that's a different-ish
> > > project). Drop the DVD images.
> > [...]
> > 
> > Though this doesn't apply to me, I can imagine a fair few people in
> > the
> > world who don't have access to fast, cheap internet who would
> > appreciate a DVD image that they can simply download somewhere
> > where
> > they can get good internet. e.g. library, work, education
> > establishment. Or could get someone else to do that and mail it.
>  
> Effectively, that's what jigdo is. Run a program locally to
> download and re-create ISO images.

Except you've got to download and install jigdo at your
library/work/college, or get a non-technical friend to do that, which
may not be permissible or possible. A DVD ISO image is just a file that
anyone can download with just a web browser.

-- 
Tixy

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Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-07-18 19:20 +0200
  Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-18 20:00 +0200
    Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-07-18 23:10 +0200
      Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-19 00:00 +0200
      Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-07-19 01:20 +0200
        Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to  LTS Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-07-19 19:10 +0200
          Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-07-19 19:50 +0200
            Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to  LTS Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-07-19 20:10 +0200
          Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2020-07-19 20:00 +0200
          Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-07-19 22:30 +0200
            Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-20 01:50 +0200
              Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-07-20 05:40 +0200
                Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-20 09:10 +0200
                Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-07-20 16:30 +0200
                Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-07-20 17:40 +0200
                Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2020-07-20 18:50 +0200
                Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-20 19:00 +0200
                Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-20 18:30 +0200
            Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-07-20 02:10 +0200
            Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to  LTS Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-07-20 09:30 +0200
              Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-07-20 16:40 +0200
      Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-07-19 05:00 +0200
  Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-07-18 21:00 +0200

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