From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 6 08:33:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA28593 for current-outgoing; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 08:33:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from www.giovannelli.it (www.giovannelli.it [194.184.65.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA28580 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 08:33:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gmarco@giovannelli.it) Received: from giovannelli.it (modem20.masternet.it [194.184.65.233]) by www.giovannelli.it (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA00699 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 17:33:04 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <34897E0D.D9EFA42E@giovannelli.it> Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 17:32:13 +0100 From: Gianmarco Giovannelli Reply-To: gmarco@giovannelli.it X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "FreeBSD 3.0" Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? References: <28074.881287489@time.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > The second thing I think we need to consider is that in the longer > term, I can easily see a day where the ports and packages collection > have grown to the point where decoupling them from the primary FreeBSD > releases becomes essential in order that the "base system" remain > reasonably priced. This would also allow the ports collection to move > at its own release schedule, perhaps doing only 2 - 3 releases a year > and published in a format closer to Rich Morin's well known Prime Time > Freeware for UNIX CDs (http://www.ptf.com/ptf/products/UNIX). They > come with a nifty printed book containing alphabetized short > descriptions so you can look something up quickly before wasting your > time mounting the wrong CD, and I think the ports & packages > collection should do exactly the same thing. > > [...] > What do folks think of all this? > Great and usefull idea !! I like it too much ! Thanks ... -- Regards... Gianmarco "Unix expert since yesterday" http://www2.masternet.it