Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:12:30 -0400 From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, Ken Smith <kensmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: svn commit: r197313 - head/release Message-ID: <1253286750.18414.5.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090918150730.GA18347@FreeBSD.org> References: <200909181453.n8IEr1xJ093865@svn.freebsd.org> <20090918150730.GA18347@FreeBSD.org>
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--=-xTe9v65wJ+MAJVEwPTtW Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 15:07 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 02:53:01PM +0000, Ken Smith wrote: > > Author: kensmith > > Date: Fri Sep 18 14:53:01 2009 > > New Revision: 197313 > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197313 > >=20 > > Log: > > Have sparc64 join the separate livefs crowd. Including the docs pack= ages > > on disc1 (needed now by sysinstall) overflows the target CDROM iso si= ze. >=20 > I've always been wondering how could docs be more important than livefs? > I'd rather have -docs iso (which I won't ever download anyways) than > -livefs one (which is needed far more often, e.g. to fix botched or > corrupted installation) in addition to disc1. >=20 > ./danfe Bottom line on this one is that what's better for novice users is winning out over what's better for more advanced users. Having sysinstall do its thing with minimal effort (have everything it *needs* available on the same disc) gives us less of a black eye when novices try it, the folks who barely know what they're doing but write reviews for magazines/blogs/etc try it, etc... --=20 Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel | --=-xTe9v65wJ+MAJVEwPTtW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkqzo14ACgkQ/G14VSmup/b0fgCgmU8BIWbcuXHqe85vhvBjML9r k7cAn0ruZj1FC1g2uFzPlFx4AsALMM/X =G+Wz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-xTe9v65wJ+MAJVEwPTtW--
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