From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 28 00:38:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95CE816A427; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:38:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail25.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail25.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AEED43DBC; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:15:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail25.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j7S0Fonm007381 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:15:51 +1000 Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (localhost.alcatel.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7S0FoSR070294; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:15:50 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from pjeremy@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au) Received: (from pjeremy@localhost) by cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id j7S0FoCv070293; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:15:50 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from pjeremy) Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:15:50 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Colin Percival Message-ID: <20050828001550.GO37107@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <4310D819.9080903@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4310D819.9080903@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsnap base thought X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:38:03 -0000 On Sat, 2005-Aug-27 14:16:09 -0700, Colin Percival wrote: >Given that portsnap currently only has about 1500-2000 users I'd suggest that is a reasonable userbase and the sooner the portsnap database is on the release CDs, the quicker it will grow. > it doesn't seem reasonable to make major changes to how releases >are done yet; but assuming the usage of portsnap increases significantly >over the next year, this is certainly something to consider for 7.0-R. I agree it's too late for 6.0-R but I don't see why this needs to wait for 7.0. As I see it, the prerequisites are: - Find ~7MB additional space on -RELEASE disk 1 (probably the hardest) - Add the tools to build /var/db/portsnap and /usr/ports/.portsnap.INDEX into "make release" (and remove ports.tgz) - Teach sysinstall to unpack the ports tree from /var/db/portsnap (or maybe just invoke portsnap) I don't think any of these amount to "major changes". The portsnap binaries will be in 6.0 so I don't see a serious problem with switching to portsnap in 6.1. -- Peter Jeremy