Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 17:32:13 +0100 From: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@giovannelli.it> To: "FreeBSD 3.0" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? Message-ID: <34897E0D.D9EFA42E@giovannelli.it> References: <28074.881287489@time.cdrom.com>
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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
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