From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 20 7:36:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.enteract.com (mail.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8C7137BE23 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 07:36:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Received: from shell-1.enteract.com (dscheidt@shell-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.40]) by mail.enteract.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA19066; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:35:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:35:55 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt To: Craig Harding Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs In-Reply-To: <38FEC0D7.87D0212@outpost.co.nz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Craig Harding wrote: > "Pedro F. Giffuni" wrote: > > > FWIW, I am sort of happy that distfiles don't fit anymore, sooner or > > later a "ports sources CD set" will be good. > > Not that I'm under the delusion that a poll is currently been taken, but > if one was, I'd be a vote for ports distfiles in the standard > distribution, rather than packages. I never use packages at all, but the > ports are a daily lifesaver. > The only reason I buy the CDs is for the ports distfiles. I haven't actually opened the 4.0 disks yet, though. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message