Date: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 23:49:07 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: CD distribution layout vs FTP distribution layout. Message-ID: <19375.836808547@time.cdrom.com>
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By way of example, let me first simply show you the hypothetical 2.1.5-GAMMA "CD release" and "ftp release" directories: CD: root@whisker-> ls HARDWARE.TXT RELNOTES.TXT fbsdboot.exe kernel tools INSTALL.TXT cdrom.inf floppies makeflp.bat utils README.TXT dists install.bat packages FTP: root@whisker-> ls HARDWARE.TXT XF86312 compat21 floppies proflibs INSTALL.TXT bin des games src README.TXT compat1x dict info RELNOTES.TXT compat20 doc manpages Since the dawn of time, it's seems, we've always put the various distribution subdirs on the CD into dists yet left them exposed on the FTP site. Why? It seems like a gratuitous difference to me, and one which only complicates the FTP installation procedure which currently has to adapt to either format (you might have a CD mounted for FTP access, for example). Any strenuous objections to folding these into one location in -current? It's already too much of a doc / general confusion hit for 2.1.5 so I'm going to leave things there as they are, but for 2.2... Comments? Jordan
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