Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 17:09:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>, Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0004191701400.53195-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <11089.956160392@zippy.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > That would not be a simple solution. There are more packaging > problems with this than you've probably ever dealt with since we deal > with CD sets in terms of tens-of-thousands quantities. > > I will continue to explore going to a 6 CD set, but that also means > more work for me on every release so I'm in no particular hurry. :) How about using 80-minute/700MB discs? It would only let you squeeze in another 50MB/disc, but that would mean an extra 200MB for the 4-CD set. Apparently this is what Microsoft and many others have been doing for a while now. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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