Bug 118437

Summary:	ISO images refresh
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Boris Mironov <bmironov>
Component:	distribution	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	1	CC:	p.van.egdom, rvokal
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Description Boris Mironov 2004-03-16 18:41:02 UTC

Description of problem:
I guess, it would be very helpful if ISO images of distribution will 
be updated on scheduled basis.

For example, Fedora Core 1 was released on Nov 5, 2003. Since then a 
lot of packages have been updated. What I propose is just do regular 
updates of ISO images (eg., once a month or based on quantity and 
type of updates).

In my example, motherboard ASUS K8 Deluxe (AMD64, Serial ATA), I 
needed to load Fedora Core 1 ISOs, up2date kernel. Original kernel 
does not have support for Serial ATA disks, so I have to use IDE hard 
drive as installtion point and gain access to Serial ATA after kernel 
update. So, if ISO would be fresh I would not need IDE drive. 
Fortunately, Fedora Core 1 x86-64 is updated and I did not have such 
problem. Everything started to work out of the box!

Also, if ISO images would be updated on regular basis then people 
will use up2date for less quantity of packages. This will minimize 
load on servers that provide updated packages.

The only problem that I see in this way is additional 'Subrelease 
information'. For example, it will be like "Fedora Core 1 February 
2004" or "Fedora Core 1 02.2004"

Best regards,
Boris


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora Core 1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load image
2. Run up2date for hundred packages
3. Think that step #2 is necessary for only 1-10 packages  

Actual results:
Everything works

Expected results:
Everything works without a lot of loading via up2date

Additional info:

Comment 1 Adrian Likins 2004-03-22 21:14:56 UTC

not sure why this filed against up2date, refiling against
distribution

Comment 2 Boris Mironov 2004-04-02 19:36:15 UTC

Not sure that this bug is waiting for some input from me...

I agree to file it against 'distribution' insead of original filing 
against 'up2date'.

Regards,
Boris

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2004-09-02 21:04:07 UTC

At this point, the rel-eng effort required for this probably won't be
expended.