Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 10:26:06 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Andreas Klemm <andreas@knobel.gun.de>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: I'd vote to put the CVS repository onto the next FreeBSD CD-Rom Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960220102403.14053A-100000@professor.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <22846.824796620@time.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I'd like to buy such a distribution, and I'd even be willing to pay extra > > for it, but I see a problem here. I really doubt that the majority of > > the purchasers of the CDROM really would benefit, and this would probably > > raise the production cost a lot. I just don't see that as providing a > > service for the majority of users. Jordan, are you listening? How about > > a short run of such a thing, maybe by subscription only? > > Well, as I said, I'll be doing my damndest to put the CVS tree on the > next CDROM anyway since the only reason I didn't before was simply due > to our self-imposed restrictions on it. > > However, you resurrect an earlier discussion I had earlier with WC, > actually: Would people be interested in SNAPSHOT CDs which also > contain the CVS tree at the point of the snapshot and anything else I > manage to cram on there? The CD would come very cheaply packaged, > would be available only by subscription and would probably be a fair > bit cheaper (I can't say for sure what that would be, but it wouldn't > be anything like the subscription price for the "mainstream" CD). > > Any interest? How much would you WANT it to cost? If I can present > WC with a list of customer preferences, it will greatly influence > those kinds of decisions. I like that idea. I won't say yes until I hear the cost, but the answer is a very, very likely yes, I'd subscribe. I might want to cancel my other subscription if it turns out well, tho, have you considered that? > > Jordan > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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