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Date:      Tue, 20 Feb 96 11:52:06 MET
From:      Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de>
To:        andreas@knobel.gun.de (Andreas Klemm)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org (Hackers; FreeBSD)
Subject:   Re: I'd vote to put the CVS repository onto the next FreeBSD CD-Rom
Message-ID:  <199602201056.LAA12069@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de>
In-Reply-To: <199602192300.AAA00342@knobel.gun.de>; from "Andreas Klemm" at Feb 20, 96 12:00 am

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> What would you think about putting the FreeBSD CVS repository onto
> the next FreeBSD CD-Rom ?! I'd like to see this.

I agree in principle.  But the question is, how many people would
really want to have the repository?  Would it justify an additional
CD?  After all, you still need to keep it up to date.

> A good reason to start selling FreeBSD as 3 CD package ;-)

I'd like to see the install CD-ROM go away, and the installation be
tuned to the Live File System CD-ROM.  I can't see any good reason to
have the CD in the same format as the downloadable modules.

> It would have the additional advantage, that there would be enough
> room for the whole FreeBSD ports collection. Currently some sources
> and binary packages are missing.

It's my understanding that the sources are missing for copyright
reasons.  Some authors of otherwise free software stipulate that the
sources should not be distributed on CD-ROM.  Somewhere (handbook?)
there's some detail documentation on this.

> It would also be a good starting point to setup ctm or sup ...

Sure.

> I think that many other people would be interested in this, too.
> You get the chance to read developer comments and such ...

I don't know how much use the developer comments would be.  What I
would like to see would be a reasonably complete archive of the
hackers mail list.  That could also stall a few FAQs.

Greg



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