Re: WDSC 7.0.0.2 still requires 800MB downloadfromInternet

Joe Pluta wrote:

8. Re: WDSC 7.0.0.2 still requires 800MB downloadfromInternet
(Joe Pluta)

I've already downloaded the ZIP, with the
idea being it could be used for multiple installations without having to go
to the Internet.

It would seem to me that if the ZIP is complete, that the Installer
shouldn't go to the Internet at all, and if the ZIP is NOT complete, that it
should be complete, otherwise that defeats the purposes of downloading it
ahead of time.

Am I missing some fundamental point?

First thing to come to mind is the possibility of change. A .zip file might be packaged up today and it could be downloaded by someone next week. Tomorrow, some class that was part of the .zip might be updated.

I download the .zip next week and start to apply it. The updater compares the unzipped files against some remote repository and notes that some changes have been made. In order to include the very latest, it pulls it from that repository. Sort of like what IBM started to do with groups and cumes.

I could choose to stick with the .zip or to get every last little available detail, assuming I have the choice to check various repositories or not.

Just a WAG... maybe totally irrelevant.

Tom Liotta