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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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On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:09:15PM +1000, jason andrade wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>=20
> > I'm not sure what you're looking for here.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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

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