On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 07:27:06PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 12:01:12PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > >> Current cost of hard disk is something between $1.00 and $1.50 per > >> gigabyte. > > > it's not just the cost of disk space, it's the cost of bandwidth too > > - and recurring bandwidth expenses cost a LOT more than disks > > (once-off capital expenditure) > > Are you referring to the increase in bandwidth requirements for the > mirroring itself?
yep. i wouldn't mind so much if all the extra i386 kernels were in a separate subdirectory under pool/main/k/ - then there would be no need to update regexp exclusion patterns every time there's a new i386 compatible architecture or a new compile-time option. it would still be wasteful, but a lot easier to manage. > I wouldn't expect an increase in the number of available kernels to > lead to an increase in the number of kernel packages users need to > have installed. right, no significant increase. those who upgrade every day know that it costs them, and it only affects them if they use the debian-supplied kernels rather than compile their own. at worst, it's probably less than 10MB per week. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch