Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:41:02 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Compiling Packages Message-ID: <404EFECE.40408@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <20040310110526.GA94997@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <Pine.WNT.4.58.0403100540560.3804@Treneq> <20040310110526.GA94997@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 05:44:14AM -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote: > > >>A few days ago, I posted that packages are not as current as ports are on >>FreeBSD. When I made that statement, someone, I forget whom, claimed that >>they need more machines to compile the code and wanted to know if I wanted >>to donate, or words to that affect. >> >>In any case, would that refer to donating an actual computer, or simply >>donating computer time? I have three computers, only one running FreeBSD >>at this time. I certainly am not going to give away any of my computers, >>but I would be willing to share time on one of them if that would help. >> >> > >What would be useful is multiple (e.g. at least half a dozen) fast >machines with good network connectivity. > Out of interest, how fast, how big a connection, how much disk space? And can building be scheduled for off-peak times? PWR.
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