Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 03:34:46 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Missing INDEX file in Ports Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEECOFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200501280316.13616.reso3w83@verizon.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Michael C. > Shultz > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 3:16 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports > > > > > > yeah, but including it would be easier for alot of people. Especially > > people who > > are using a slower computer. > > > I agree "make index" is no fun on a slow computer, but if space is a > problem is it really a good idea to put generated files on the CD? > INDEX has been included with every CDROM pressing of FreeBSD 4.x previously. And this will be the last 4.X pressing. So, it must have required a really severe space crunch to justify this significant of a deviation. Now, lets's see here: Disc 1 of FreeBSD 4.11 KDE is 647MB Disc 1 of FreeBSD 4.11 Gnome is 576MB The INDEX file is 6MB A cdrom holds 660-700MB of data And I won't even go into the thousands of dollars of network costs involved in fetching a 6Mb index file over the Internet for everyone that could have been included on the CD. Ted
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