Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 22:14:39 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Uh oh.. Time to take another look at the packages collection! Message-ID: <8460.875510079@time.cdrom.com>
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The FreeBSD-current packages collection currently requires 713MB, not counting the filename information itself (which, on CDs, is stored very wastefully and generally accounts for another 30-40MB in cases like this where you have hundreds of files). I don't need to tell anyone here that 750MB does *not* fit on a single CD, and even with 4 CDs for 3.0 we're going to run into problems just organizing it. So, as I see it, we have two alternatives: 1. Come up with a "reduced set" of packages which we'll provide that way, the goal being to provide 650MB or less of "quality" packages rather than going for the kitchen-sink approach. 2. Come up with a way of splitting the packages collection into multiple pieces, each piece having its own INDEX file and such. Any other suggestions? Jordan
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