Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 21:20:18 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Francisco Reyes <reyesf@super.zippo.com>, "hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How is selection made of what goes into CDrom? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971130211926.10375D-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971130161313.376O-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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rather than use CVS, set up thewebserver and use a browser and the cvsweb tool to browse the sources.. On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Francisco Reyes wrote: > > > I was wondering how is the selection made of what goes into the > > CDrom? > > Is the CVS repository used by most users or just a few? > > > > Personally I find that it would have been more useful to have the > > sources for all the programs somewhere (ie a second live file system > > CD) in an untar format. Alternatively a list of where the sources are > > in the first CD and a small script to get a program out would be just > > as good. For example recently I wanted to look at the source code for > > "renice". Getting the entire usr.bin took too much space. > > > > You know that the source for renice (and all the other parts of FreeBSD) > are inside that CVS archive? cvs is really complicated to learn, but > pretty well worth it. > > > > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD > (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > >
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