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Date:      Mon, 29 Sep 1997 06:30:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Uh oh..  Time to take another look at the packages collection!
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.970929062750.29948A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <8460.875510079@time.cdrom.com>

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On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> 1. Come up with a "reduced set" of packages which we'll provide that
>    way, the goal being to provide 650MB or less of "quality" packages
>    rather than going for the kitchen-sink approach.

The cutoff line for what gets included and what not could be
based on current ftp transfer stats, rather than trying to go
through each one and make a subjective decision.  This would have
to account for some packages being significantly larger than
others.  Requests per kb, or something....


--
Outnumbered?  Maybe.  Outspoken?  Never!
tIM...HOEk




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