From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Dec 22 17:20:27 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42FA31065697;
	Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:27 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from linimon@FreeBSD.org)
Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org
	[IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23AB78FC1E;
	Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:27 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBMHKR4g010458;
	Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:27 GMT
	(envelope-from linimon@freefall.freebsd.org)
Received: (from linimon@localhost)
	by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBMHKQFT010414;
	Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:26 GMT (envelope-from linimon)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:26 GMT
Message-Id: <200912221720.nBMHKQFT010414@freefall.freebsd.org>
To: mickey242@gmx.net, linimon@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org,
	linimon@FreeBSD.org
From: linimon@FreeBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/141851: Missing installation floppies for 8.0-RELEASE
X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Bug reports <freebsd-bugs.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs>,
	<mailto:freebsd-bugs-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-bugs-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs>,
	<mailto:freebsd-bugs-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:27 -0000

Synopsis: Missing installation floppies for 8.0-RELEASE

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: linimon
State-Changed-When: Tue Dec 22 17:14:42 UTC 2009
State-Changed-Why: 
We have decided to desupport the floppy builds starting with the 8.0
release.  The problem is that it was getting harder and harder to keep
the boot image less than the size of a floppy disk.  Since most modern
machines have either a CD drive, a USB interface, or both, it seemed
like too much effort for too little gain.

You can still build a floppy image by make -D MAKE_FLOPPIES release
in the release directory.

The commit in question:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/release/Makefile
Revision 1.939: download - view: text, markup, annotated - select for diffs
Tue Feb 10 15:03:08 2009 UTC (10 months, 1 week ago) by kensmith

mcl


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->linimon
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Dec 22 17:14:42 UTC 2009
Responsible-Changed-Why: 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=141851