Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:43:57 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Old port recompiles needed (Re: Unknown symbol"__sF") Message-ID: <3DAA599D.67FC2DB1@mindspring.com> References: <3DA9EA62.D337E8A0@mindspring.com> <20021014114320A.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <20021014032931.GB23539@carbon.slackerbsd.org> <20021014124541A.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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Makoto Matsushita wrote: > carl> 3.4 hours is a lot of time on a dial-up connection (granted it > carl> is not a one size fits all period of time). > > You forget that you still compressed image with about 30 hours (at > least, full 1 day or more), and it is not helpful for ordinal users, > not you. > > Again, reducing hours/percentages with compressed image doesn't > matter; please focus total download time which is actually needed for > all users. Missing the point is not helpful for the discussion. I downloaded the image over a 28.8K modem. If you have access to the FTP logs, the duration of the connection times could be digested to see the connection speed for each download request for the file. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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