From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 07:12:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B382716A420 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:12:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ale@FreeBSD.org) Received: from lab.alexdupre.com (cl-506.trn-01.it.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:1418:100:1f9::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DACD313C4D1 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:12:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ale@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 62601 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2007 07:12:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO athlon.alexdupre.com) (192.168.178.2) by lab.alexdupre.com with SMTP; 26 Nov 2007 07:12:22 -0000 Message-ID: <474A71D6.5030202@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:12:22 +0100 From: Alex Dupre User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071123) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Edwin Groothuis References: <4747A1FB.9000707@FreeBSD.org> <4747E337.7060400@FreeBSD.org> <20071125213339.GB57513@k7.mavetju> <474A2EC1.8080003@FreeBSD.org> <20071126030038.GC57513@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <20071126030038.GC57513@k7.mavetju> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Doug Barton , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Idea about the ports tree included in the release X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:12:25 -0000 Edwin Groothuis wrote: >>> That would save me 42Mb to download each time :-P > > Oh wait. The cvsup checkouts file is probably a small (set of) > file(s) with some revision information, while the portsnap file is > a huge chunk of data with a copy of the ports tree. Well, even better: instead of the ports tree tarball (+ cvsup files) we could have *only* the portsnap database on the CD, and let portsnap do the extract work at install time. -- Alex Dupre