Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 05:50:20 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs... Message-ID: <28582.860417420@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Apr 1997 18:13:58 %2B1000." <199704070819.BAA00363@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> Sure, CVS might be superior to using diffs, BUT, big BUT here, using CVS > will require TWICE the space to store the source. Life is hard, then you die. :-) > Maybe I bought FreeBSD 2.2 on CD-ROM, I want to upgrade to 2.2.1. > Alternatives currently are: > * buy the new CD when it becomes available > * download all the binaries > * download all the source > * setup cvsup > > IMHP, this is not exactly "user friendly". And I've called for help in this area for years since the amount of time it would take me to re-architect all this seems to exceed the time I have available, and that's not changing anytime soon. I'm still hoping. :) Jordan
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