Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 08:51:40 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended software support <software@kew.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: after the release ... Message-ID: <199803201651.IAA29676@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Mar 1998 08:51:31 EST." <35127463.6ACB464@kew.com>
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> Eivind Eklund wrote: > > [Drew Derbyshire] > > > I would suggest after the release a point release method be > > > developed to allow (perhaps as a port type package?) The ability to > > > download/apply critical fixes quickly. > > > > > > Simply put, having to track the entire -stable source to get > > > bugfixes on the CD-ROM is not desirable. > > > > Good suggestion! Go ahead and do it; I promise to post comments about > > your design when you post it, and I'm sure Jordan and Mike will, too. > > Drop dead. You can say it's boring to do and that Real Programmers (TM) don't > need it, go ahead, but I don't need the sarcasm. > > I neither a CVS expert nor directing FreeBSD release policy. Crap. You need neither of these. - Untar the 'before' and 'after' distballs in separate directories. - Build a list of md5's of the 'before' and 'after' files. - Take all of the files from the 'after' distball that don't match those in the 'before' distball, put them in a new archive. You can take the 'before' md5 list and ship it as a set of "desirable prerequisites", but that's a bit excessive. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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