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Date: Tue,  2 Feb 2010 18:34:42 +0100
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On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 6:23 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's really neat -- give it a try. One thing that is not apparent is
> that the packages are set up as iso's, and they are pulled down as
> such, i.e. it's way faster to pull them down than running replica
> against far-away sources.
>
> ron
>
>

what's the advantage of using iso over other packaging formats here?