Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:11:41 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com> To: Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs Message-ID: <38FF2C3D.1CBB568D@tutopia.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004191832120.74915-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <38FE7F1D.59E9B386@tutopia.com> <38FEC0D7.87D0212@outpost.co.nz>
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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The distfiles get outdated very soon...well at least for me...I only use
the ports system when I need to update one of the ports I maintain.
FWIW, extracting the complete ports tree to update one or two ports is a
PITA.
Of course, it is impossible to keep everyone happy.
cheers,
Pedro.
> -- C.
>
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