Arch Linux

fflarex

Member

Registered: 2007-09-15

Posts: 466

will the 2007.11 snapshot have a "full" install cd again?

Just curious whether the full CD has gone the way of the dodo, or if it's just excluded from the 2007.08-1 and -2 updates. I already have my system installed, so it doesn't much matter to me either way unless i need to reinstall (I had to use an outdated CD for some of the packages on full, as my internet connection is a little complicated).

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: will the 2007.11 snapshot have a "full" install cd again?

The full install CD in earlier releases was essentially all the packages in the Current repo. Current has now been replaced by Core, which as you know is a much smaller package set, and all non-Core packages that were formerly in Current have been moved to Extra, or other repos.

The Core install CD now provides all packages in the Core repo, so it can be regarded as the direct replacement of the former full install CD. The distribution of packagess from the Extra repo has been discussed, but no decision has been made as yet.