Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 05:06:29 +0800 (MYT) From: Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Eric M Logan <eric_m_logan@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ports vs. packages... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103180504530.1671-100000@prophet.alphaque.com> In-Reply-To: <20010317125349.E22316@mollari.cthul.hu>
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Kris Kennaway wrote: > There are three main benefits I can think of: the fourth, for me is * pulling down the gzipped sources off a 56k dialup is a lot faster than pulling down binary packages off a web/ftp site if a cdrom is not available for some reason or another. --dinesh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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