Date: Tue, 27 Feb 96 11:05:23 MET From: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de> To: garyh@agora.rdrop.com (Gary Hanson) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (Hackers; FreeBSD) Subject: Re: OK, so what would YOU like to see on that second CD? Message-ID: <199602271008.LAA23705@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> In-Reply-To: <m0trHEn-000AnrC@agora.rdrop.com>; from "Gary Hanson" at Feb 26, 96 8:42 pm
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>> "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: >>> I'm starting to feel like my little "live CD" idea hasn't really >>> turned out to be such a big hit. >>> Most people aren't even sure how and >>> when to use it, just judging by the emails I get, and those that do >>> know what it's for report that they've used it oh, maybe once. > > It isn't a solution in search of a problem, it's a solution in > search of documentation. > > I'm sure that it's useful (ie, the mention of making link trees to > it for sources), though, er, I haven't used it yet myself. I've used it, and I use it. It works well. > If the uses were documented and perhaps integrated with the > install programs, it could be very useful, particularly for those > with limited disk space. The live FS CD _is_ useful, but its > uses haven't been properly explained in the distribution yet. IMHO, the Live FS CD is the only one we need for the present distribution. The install CD is there only because the installation procedures are still geared towards compressed files copied across the net. There's no reason (apart from a little bit of missing software) not to install from the live file system. In addition, it is a godsend for kernel building. > OTOH, there are lots of things that could be included in the > distribution (many good suggestions have been posted already), > it's merely a matter of sorting out the priorities. What else I'd like to see on CD: the CVS tree and mail archives. Greg
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