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On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 01:39, Richard Campbell wrote:
> >Impractical. As I said, almost 100% of people won't want 100% of package=
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> It might be interesting to poll in some way, considering how often this=20
> comes up. I suspect more than "almost 0%" might want a 1-button,=20
> overnight-style install.
I agree with you with regards to what folk may want. The modular install
is about choice and efficiency. There is *no* reason that a 1-button
overnight-style install cannot be achieved using setup.exe. Patches
accepted gratefully.
With regards to having a monolithic download however...
Some back-of-a-postcard sums:
monolithic install
577MB install.
1 update to a package a week,
1 new 577MB install file created each week.
longest period without updating - 2 months.
this would mean an average of ~280MB per month downloading updates.
modular install
577MB total download size
1 update to a package a week,
1 new modular install (avg ~5MB) created each week.
longest period without updated - 2 months.
this would mean an average of ~20MB per month downloading updates.
Seems pretty clear to me, that for anyone on a slow link, or anyone
charged by volume, that the modular install is much more efficient.
Rob
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