Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:09:37 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: gzip packages on FreeBSD 4-STABLE Message-ID: <20020924120937.A30626@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20020924185739.GF2009@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>; from stijn@win.tue.nl on Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 08:57:39PM %2B0200 References: <200209241843.g8OIh9uO089468@arch20m.dellroad.org> <m3r8fjdxuy.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <20020924185739.GF2009@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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--M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 08:57:39PM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 08:52:05PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > > Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> writes: > > > Megabytes are cheap and getting cheaper, while people's time and > > > frustration are expensive and getting more expensive... > >=20 > > I beg to differ. Modem (V.90) links will still benefit from saved > > megabytes, because a MB across a modem takes like three minutes. > >=20 > > MByte =3D> Time =3D> Cost. >=20 > Don't forget the amount of packages on the distributed cd's. >=20 > Although this restriction of space will probably disappear in time again > with the rise of the DVD-ROM. Not really. The FreeBSD Services double DVD set isn't all that far from not having space for all the packages on one disk. You can't fit both packages and port source on one disk. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9kLhxXY6L6fI4GtQRAo/ZAKCAuyx1yfsbytmKCzIv15V4WgBANACbB2/j cbGYPtXis0vle5ahDDj2pac= =MhCa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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