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Subject: RE: Missing INDEX file in Ports
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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