atom feed20 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-stableRe: 4.1 disks
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Mark W. KrentelJul 4, 2000 10:52 pm 
Chris KnightJul 5, 2000 12:07 am 
Willem BrownJul 5, 2000 12:31 am 
Doug BartonJul 5, 2000 1:46 am 
Andrew Kenneth MiltonJul 5, 2000 1:49 am 
Michael RobinsonJul 5, 2000 3:21 am 
Chad R. LarsonJul 5, 2000 9:13 am 
Jordan K. HubbardJul 6, 2000 1:31 am 
Jordan K. HubbardJul 6, 2000 1:34 am 
Thomas David RiversJul 6, 2000 4:06 am 
Jordan K. HubbardJul 6, 2000 8:03 am 
Adrian Filipi-MartinJul 6, 2000 8:12 am 
Richard StanafordJul 6, 2000 2:20 pm 
Wilko BulteJul 6, 2000 2:34 pm 
Kenneth D. MerryJul 6, 2000 4:07 pm 
Richard StanafordJul 6, 2000 4:23 pm 
Jordan K. HubbardJul 6, 2000 5:10 pm 
Jordan K. HubbardJul 6, 2000 5:13 pm 
Richard StanafordJul 6, 2000 5:32 pm 
Jonathan MichaelsJul 6, 2000 9:21 pm 
Subject:Re: 4.1 disks
From:Willem Brown (wil@brwn.org)
Date:Jul 5, 2000 12:31:24 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-stable

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: owne@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owne@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mark W. Krentel Sent: Wednesday, 5 July 2000 15:53 To: free@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

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