Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 118437
ISO images refresh
Last modified: 2014-03-16 22:43:12 EDT
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:
not sure why this filed against up2date, refiling against distribution
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
At this point, the rel-eng effort required for this probably won't be expended.