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[David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>]

Quoting flux <flux AT sourcemage.org>:

> David Kowis (dkowis AT shlrm.org) wrote [08.07.16 08:17]:
> > Quoting flux <flux AT sourcemage.org>:
> > Is the z-rejected grimoire so terribly big that it can't fit on the CD?
>
> It's not that it can't fit on the CD, it's that it would be
> significantly larger for the benefit of just a single spell, which only
> affects a handful of users. At present, I'm not ready to sacrifice that
> much space to gain so little (not users, but spells needed). There's
> also the issue of just not wanting to "taint" the ISO if it's possible
> to avoid it.

You know, the compressed grimoire is 587K. So lets assume a really  
good compression ratio of 33%. So 1.5mb on the ISO that we're going to  
sacrifice for people that can't get online. Seems a bit silly to me.

Especially since you'll include ancient CD drivers for hardware that  
proabably doesn't exist for *any* users, but the iwlwifi is in quite a  
few intel-based laptops.

I think the issue of "taint" is somewhat foolish. Is it more important  
to have a "free" ISO, or to enable as many people as possible to  
install?

Obviously some measure of both would be ideal, but which matters more?
--
David Kowis
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