From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Vong Subject: Re: guixsd offline installation media Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 18:12:32 +0800 Message-ID: <87zix1323z.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87egekg0k8.fsf@gnu.org> <20151218091914.GA28992@thebird.nl> <20151220140826.4538c50b@debian-netbook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53655) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aBgPQ-0000Ao-Bb for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 05:12:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aBgPN-0006U0-6Q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 05:12:40 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::234]:35992) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aBgPN-0006Tw-19 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 05:12:37 -0500 Received: by mail-pa0-x234.google.com with SMTP id q3so110518870pav.3 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 02:12:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20151220140826.4538c50b@debian-netbook> (Efraim Flashner's message of "Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:08:26 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Efraim Flashner Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Dika Setya Prayogi Efraim Flashner writes: > I was going to make jokes about apt-cd and the years of issues that's caused > people with fresh debian installs, but all we should need to do is > populate /gnu/store with either/both precompiled binaries/source files. > If/when substitutes fails, the files are already there. > > As an aside, I don't think targeting DVD size is a good idea, but maybe > 4GB/8GB for usb sticks shouldn't be bad. Also if we had a torrent it would be > easier to not rely directly on hydra for starting up. Also its an easy way to > donate bandwidth without setting up a hydra clone. I like the idea of having torrents for those huge binaries, this should really speed up the downloading process.