Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 09:31:46 +0200 From: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org> To: Chris Knight <chris@aims.com.au> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.1 disks Message-ID: <20000705093146.A24297@snoopy.brwn.org> In-Reply-To: <002001bfe64f$b11484a0$020aa8c0@aims.private>; from chris@aims.com.au on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 05:07:33PM %2B1000 References: <200007050553.BAA02246@dreamscape.com> <002001bfe64f$b11484a0$020aa8c0@aims.private>
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Hi, Walnut Creek Inc. sells The Toolkit which contains these things you are looking for. http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd/bsdtool.phtml Regards Willem Brown On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 05:07:33PM +1000, Chris Knight wrote: > Howdy, > > I'd have to agree here. I went to install the CVS repository, only to find > that the last disk set containing this was 3.1. I then had to grab 18 months > of repository updates - about 450MB worth. While I didn't mind that, I'm > sure that the cvsup servers and their maintainers would have an easier time > of it if the repository was available on CD at the same time a release is > made. It saves people time, money and bandwidth. > > Also, distfiles should be made available. Not necessarily with the release, > but at least on a release supplement set. It would also be possible to make > the next release a 6 CD set by using the fold-out trays for the front and > back cover. This shouldn't add too much to the packaging costs of a CD set. > > I know this has been discussed before, but it would be nice to know what is > planned for subsequent releases. > > Regards, > Chris Knight > Systems Administrator > AIMS Independent Computer Professionals > Tel: +61 3 6334 6664 Fax: +61 3 6331 7032 Mob: +61 419 528 795 > Web: http://www.aims.com.au > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mark W. Krentel > > Sent: Wednesday, 5 July 2000 15:53 > > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: 4.1 disks > > > > > > Is it decided yet what will be on the 4.1 disks? Is there room for > > the distfiles, and is it still 4 disks? > > > > I was really hoping that the distfiles could be included. For me, > > that's one of the main reasons for getting the disks. If the sizes > > are getting out of hand, you might consider going to two sets of > > disks. A basic set could include the installation, live file system > > and packages, mainly for people who don't use a lot of source code. > > Then a developers set could include the distfiles and CVS repository. > > > > Perhaps the Power Pak is what I'm calling the developers set. That's > > fine, but then I'd like to see the Power Pak be released at the same > > time as the regular set. > > > > --Mark > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- /* =============================================================== */ /* Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD. The choice is yours. */ /* =============================================================== */ Respect is a rational process -- McCoy, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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