From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 29 13:36:28 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA15631 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 13:36:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [199.166.238.138]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA15605 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 13:36:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from scrappy@localhost) by hub.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA06221; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 16:32:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 16:32:01 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-Sender: scrappy@hub.org To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xperimnt 45Meg File... In-Reply-To: <5504.820272185@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 29 Dec 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > 1 - Why is it all one big file? Couldn't it be some sort of format > > like packages is in, where you can get one thing without having > > to get everything? > > It wouldn't be as enigmatic that way. It's supposed to be `experimental' > (everyone: "woo!") right? :-) > Ya, but I don't think I have enough room left to unpack the beast :( I know, I know...disk space is cheap *sigh* > > 2 - What is in it? I'm in the process of downloading it from > > Stuff! C'mon, you want me to spoil the surprise? :-) > No, guess not.. :) Marc G. Fournier | POP Mail Telnet Acct DNS Hosting System | WWW Services Database Services | Knowledge, Administrator | | Information and scrappy@ki.net | WWW: http://www.ki.net | Communications, Inc