On Sun, 2020-07-19 at 16:25 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > At this point in 2020, I think it would be reasonable to only produce > > > netinst images and jigdo (and live, but that's a different-ish > > > project). Drop the DVD images. > > An alternative is to have "virtual ISO images", i.e. images which are > constructed on the fly (presumably by jigdo) on the web-server side. > > > Though this doesn't apply to me, I can imagine a fair few people in the > > world who don't have access to fast, cheap internet who would > > appreciate a DVD image that they can simply download somewhere where > > they can get good internet. e.g. library, work, education > > establishment. Or could get someone else to do that and mail it. > > I'm not sure why the discussion is always around DVD images. > Would you be equally happy with an image only for a USB flash drive, or > is it important for it to be an image for optical media?
Debian's 'DVD' images are isohybrid and work for booting from USB flash drives, which is how I use them now [1]. So, for me, an image that only works on a USB stick would be fine, but what benefit is gained by removing support for optical media which some other people may need? [1] Actually, I use the net install 'CD' images, CD/DVD/Blueray(?) just gets used to distinguish capacity of optical media needed to contain them I believe. -- Tixy