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Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports
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On Friday 28 January 2005 03:34 am, you wrote:
> > -----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

I'm out of excuses after seeing the numbers you posted. 

-Mike