Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:12:57 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: jason andrade <jason@rtfmconsult.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: freebsd mirroring/release strategy over the next 12 months ? Message-ID: <20040121031257.GA28908@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.50.0401211304420.4689-100000@luna.rtfmconsult.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.50.0401201418140.4689-100000@luna.rtfmconsult.com> <20040121000619.GA21732@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.GSO.4.50.0401211149060.4689-100000@luna.rtfmconsult.com> <20040121015425.GA26511@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.GSO.4.50.0401211304420.4689-100000@luna.rtfmconsult.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:09:15PM +1000, jason andrade wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > I'm not sure what you're looking for here. > > the freebsd project is getting bigger. i've been bitten in the > ass before by not being able to accomodate archive growth and > it causing lots more work for me down the track to juggle disk > space. > > i'm trying to get an accurate picture of what's happening now, > where things will be in 12 months and also if there's anything > that can/should be done in the mirroring process along the way > to make it easier for me (and others). the time to do these > things seems to be between releases rather than during them. > > if it is just noise i'm happy to shut up now :) Growth will come from: * New architectures (e.g. PPC) * Growth of ports collection * Fixes to broken ports * Branching of 5.x-STABLE, since we will then have 3 streams to support, until 4.x is retired. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFADe45Wry0BWjoQKURAoMAAKDfgsPh0Y6napBJZJmpWu+3r9clIACfa3qQ olzLE+5VmT8ZvTpaJGjknc8= =8ut3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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