Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:50 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: pgj@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org, gabor@FreeBSD.org, rene@FreeBSD.org, manolis@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Article on freebsd-update-server Message-ID: <20091120230650.1bbc849e.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <87ws1luqmx.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <4B05BA06.3010303@FreeBSD.org> <87ws1luqmx.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07:02 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> wrote: [BIG SNIP]: Patch explanation, patch, review request, not in that order. :) > > One more important detail. We are still discussing at doceng@ how we can > bring the final article into CVS. So, please hold from committing this, until > we have resolved all the remaining details. This makes me feel funny. And not the kind of good funny that earns someone a candybar when it's all over, but a strange kind of decisions in the back room by a select few kind of funny ... > > I'm sure that a lot of people will love reading an article that describes in > detail how to set up a local freebsd-update server. Thanks for all the work > done so far on what seems to be an excellent article! :-D > > Several years ago, when the freebsd-update software came out, I investigated using it to distribute software and patches to a large cluster of machines. Unfortunately I didn't get that far because the internal bits were a closely guarded secret, Colin only asked why anyone would need to run one. That said, I think it's awesome we can do this now, and I'll definitely be trying out the article in the future. :) Cheers, -- Tom Rhodes
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