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Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:07:00 +0000
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Subject: Re: Idea about the ports tree included in the release
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On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:13:06 +0000
RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> wrote:


> My feeling is that it's not worth the effort, because most people that
> use the tarball only do so because of networking problems, 

I think I slightly misunderstood that you're talking about the ports
tree on the install disk rather than an arbitrary tarball downloaded
from the website.

I still think its worth benchmarking it, but using the upgrade from
the 6.2 freeze to just after the official 6.2 release.