Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:36:00 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports/ too big? Message-ID: <00021113495000.00681@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200002111827.KAA01236@mina.sr.hp.com> References: <200002111827.KAA01236@mina.sr.hp.com>
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Darryl Okahata wrote: > Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> wrote: > However, that still doesn't mean that you can't write such a > beast. Why bother? It gains nothing for me since to use it I would have to do/store more than I do without it. It is of value only if it is adopted by a group. In the case of FreeBSD, I would say THE group since I don't think that it is in any of our interests to create a parallel distribution. > > > You only need the CVS tree to be on one local system (if you don't > > > want to use the public ones). > > The only "local" system is the one in my lap :-) I'm "connected" much of the > > time, but not continuously. By this, I mean that, at the time I want to use the data, I am not likely to be connected. If the data isn't on the laptop, it's unavailable on short notice. > However, in order to install a port, don't you need a net > connection? No. It is necessary to be connected in order to transfer files. You can fetch them while online and do the installation (and debugging) at another time. > [ Well, "src" is problematic. It's getting close to the limit of a CDROM. ] Actually, that is the cvs tree which I am most interested in "abstracting". Most users don't recognize the ever increasing burden that CTM generation has storing and verifying all of the unchanging data in the cvs tree. It got to be too much for me a year or so ago and has only gotten worse since then. -- Richard Wackerbarth rkw@Dataplex.NET To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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