From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 21 04:06:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A526106566C; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:06:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gloomweaver.pittgoth.com (gloomweaver.pittgoth.com [205.134.165.107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C24ED8FC0A; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:06:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.fbsdsecure.org (net-ix.gw.ai.net [205.134.160.6]) (authenticated bits=0) by gloomweaver.pittgoth.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAL470AH032091 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:07:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:50 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-Id: <20091120230650.1bbc849e.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <87ws1luqmx.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <4B05BA06.3010303@FreeBSD.org> <87ws1luqmx.fsf@kobe.laptop> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: pgj@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org, gabor@FreeBSD.org, rene@FreeBSD.org, manolis@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Article on freebsd-update-server X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:06:59 -0000 On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07:02 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas 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