Bob
    Troy provides as an Install Dvd the same packages provided by Redhat 
as it is a guaranteed install set.  He also provides an Everything 2 Dvd 
set, that will be out later this weekend.  I doubt if anyone plans to 
have a single periodic dvd that includes all updates especially when 
point changes are provided by the USV about every 6 months.  These point 
changes keep the needed updates to a manageable level.  Since it is now 
about 6 months since the original USV release the number of updates is 
significant, but the next point change will move those updates to the 
new release install dvd at that time.  The Everything set may have all 
updates, I personally haven't looked at it.  But it certainly provides a 
lot more than the USV (Install + optionals + add ons).  The amount of 
work to create an installable image is significant and updates appear at 
least weekly so you could easily get swamped in just the maintenance of 
a weekly release of an updated image.  So even the USV doesn't do it any 
more often than about once every six months.  The installable single dvd 
has things ordered properly so the install doesn't crash.  The 
everything set had some problems that caused some installs to crash 
leaving the system in an indeterminate state.  It was better to install 
a subset and then add/update the needed packages.  Troy provides the 
single "install" dvd to mitigate this problem.  The Everything set 
provides everything but does not necessarily provide a clean install of 
all options.

Hubert
Bob & Jeanne Good wrote:
> Thanks, Bart, for the reply, but I, as well as many others, view Scientif
> ic
> Linux as not so much a clone of Red Hat but more evolved beyond. SL has i
> ts
> own philosophy. It includes more drivers, more packages, and more tweaks
> than found in the original. That's one of the many reasons I like SL so
> much. I just don't understand the logic in that type of DVD release.
> Hopefully, Troy will show up soon and explain their reasoning.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Bob Good
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> On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:11:44 +0000, Bart Swedrowski <[log in to unmask]> w
> rote:
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>> On 19 February 2011 13:00, Bob & Jeanne Good <[log in to unmask]>
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>>> I downloaded the 3.4 gigabyte SL6 Install DVD expecting an up-to-date
>>> system (latest kernel, etc.) upon completion of the install. But, to m
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>>> disappointment, I had 112 packages waiting on me when I checked for
>>> updates.
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>>> Might I suggest that this Install DVD be updated to include the latest
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>>> packages?
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>> I am not speaking for the SL dev team here, but the goal of RH clones
>> is for them to become *exactly* the same as the upstream (i.e. RedHat)
>> without having to pay subscription fees to use it or receive further
>> updates.
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>> It's not their aim to change it, make it better, patch it or create
>> any alternatives like DVDs with updated set of packages.  If you need
>> something like this (i.e. DVD with updated set of packages) you can do
>> this yourself utilising kickstart techniques (I am sure there is a lot
>> of documentation flying around; have done this one myself before).
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