Re: Source tarballs?

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21.02.2004, at 17:37, Erik Paulsen Skaalerud wrote:
> >     Also, the sources in the tar are going to become obsolete almost
> >     instantly, requiring daily regeneration.  This is in contrast to 
> > the
> >     ISO images for which it is not really necessary to do a daily
> >     regeneration.
> >     Putting them on the CD is also not a good idea (just in case 
> > someone
> >     brings that up as an idea).  It bloats the CD, the sources become 
> >     obsolete almost instantly, and they present a release-management 
> > bloat
> >     issue as well making it difficult to manage the CD release builds.
> Arent we already building daily LiveCD's? Providing a source snapshot 
> with these wouldnt be bloat, but it might be on a full release CD.

I don't agree here. The live ISO snapshots are a way to get it going in 
a fast way. But then, adding the sources will double the image. If 
somebody wants to update to latest HEAD, use cvsup.

cheers
  simon

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