Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:12:22 +0100 From: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Idea about the ports tree included in the release Message-ID: <474A71D6.5030202@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20071126030038.GC57513@k7.mavetju> References: <4747A1FB.9000707@FreeBSD.org> <4747E337.7060400@FreeBSD.org> <20071125213339.GB57513@k7.mavetju> <474A2EC1.8080003@FreeBSD.org> <20071126030038.GC57513@k7.mavetju>
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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
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