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Date:      Thu, 19 Dec 2002 06:26:36 +0600
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile
Message-ID:  <20021219002636.GA99816@regency.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212171223060.50202-100000@root.org>
References:  <20021217201946.4D7FE37B4F8@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212171223060.50202-100000@root.org>

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On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 12:27:44PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> > obrien      2002/12/17 12:19:37 PST
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     release              Makefile 
> >   Log:
> >   Split files into 1.44MB chunks rather than a tiny, high-ftp overhead size.
> 
> It's hard to remember why that size was chosen.  I think it was to fit on
> 320 KB 5.25" floppies as well as be groupable to fit on 720 (3) or 1.44
> (6) floppies.  Good to see it go.

AFAIK, 200K made it possible to fit pretty well on both 1.2M 5.25" DS/HD
floppies (4 of them) and 1.44M 3.5" DS/HD (5 of them).  Making chunks
1.44M would break ability to install from 1.2M diskettes.  I'd rather
prefer leave it as it was (200K).

./danfe


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