Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:17:09 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: vadim_nuclight@mail.ru Cc: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r223897 - in head: release usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts Message-ID: <4E1C4955.7010206@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201107121004.p6CA4apj070450@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net> References: <201107092301.p69N1sUp019626__19145.5060652972$1310252550$gmane$org@svn.freebsd.org> <201107121004.p6CA4apj070450@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net>
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On 07/12/11 05:04, Vadim Goncharov wrote: > Hi Nathan Whitehorn! > > On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 23:01:54 +0000 (UTC); Nathan Whitehorn<nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> New Revision: 223897 >> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/223897 >> Log: >> Per request of the docs team, install docs as packages, instead of via >> the normal distfile mechanism. Thanks to Marc Fonvieille for the patch and >> for putting up with me taking entirely too long to commit this! > [...] >> "Network" "Networking configuration" \ >> "Services" "Set daemons to run on startup" \ >> "Time Zone" "Set system timezone" \ >> + "Handbook" "Install FreeBSD Handbook (requires network)" \ > [...] >> + --checklist "This menu will allow you to install the whole documentation set >> +from the FreeBSD Documentation Project: Handbook, FAQ and articles.\n\n >> +Please select the language versions you wish to install. At minimum, >> +you should install the English version, this is the original version >> +of the documentation.\n\n >> +NB: This requires a working, configured network connection." 0 0 0 \ > [...] >> + en "English Documentation (recommended)" ${DIST_DOC_EN:-on} \ > Umm, _configured network_ even for original English docs? In 8.2R those doc > packages for every lang were installed by sysinstall from CD (DVD1 actually), > as it should really be for new user - e.g. if network could be configured only > after reading Handbook, installing mpd5 from CD/DVD packages, and so on. > > Or am I missing something, and it will still be available on the disk? > The packages are really big (40 MB per), and there's only a small amount of space available on the disc. We *could* fit the English ones, but it badly complicates the release scripts to begin doing package generation, and Marc and I decided to do it this way. -Nathan
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