Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 23:18:44 +1000 (EST) From: jason andrade <jason@rtfmconsult.com> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mirror Site Requirements - Summary thus far... Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.50.0307172313540.29893-100000@luna.rtfmconsult.com> In-Reply-To: <3F1666F0.12316.3864F42F@localhost> References: <20030717121225.GB410@nitro.dk> <3F1666F0.12316.3864F42F@localhost>
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Dan Langille wrote:
> If we agree the above is true, then it's not so important for a
> mirror to carry the files which the general public will not want. At
> present, I'd say the general public wants 4.8-RELEASE. Yes, some of
> them will even want 5.*. But apart from that, what else do they
> want?
95% of them want ISO images for releases. freebsd users may be more
sophisticated than linux ones.. so maybe 85% say..
out of that, the iso requirement is well served at the moment.
a mini install iso one (great stuff!) and a 'full' iso release of
2 cds which has the full install tree plus a bunch of packages.
the remainder of people do net installs and so it is a good
idea to have a complete release tree and associated package
tree of the following:
i386 (majority)
alpha (i am guessing 2nd most used but can someone from the freebsd
group please correct me)
sparc64
pc98
if as a minimum subset all tier1s and tier2s could carry a complete
4.8-R and 5.1-R plus their i386 packages and ISOs, that'd work for me..
regards,
-jason
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