Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 10:11:15 -0700 (MST) From: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> To: mwlucas@exceptionet.com Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion: distfiles CD Message-ID: <14286.44979.132612.485811@hip186.ch.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <199909021640.MAA13839@easeway.com> References: <199909021640.MAA13839@easeway.com>
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[ On Thursday, September 2, mwlucas@exceptionet.com wrote: ] > > But for the last month, my distfiles CD has been completely useless. > Every distfile I've wanted, I've had to download. If the mid-September > date for the release of 3.3 is accurate, that means I have at least > another month, probobly six weeks, until I get an updated CD. I concur. Same thing has happened to me repeatedly. > If FreeBSD is coming out only every four months, might people be > interested in a "distfiles/packages" CD set on the alternate four months? > The work would be minimal, compared to a regular snapshot. I, at least, > would pay for it. Hell, I'd subscribe. Sounds like a good idea in concept. As long as the cost wasn't too high for a monthly deal (say $7.99 or something--I'm assuming 1 disc here with the most "popular" port distfiles) I'd subscribe; if nothing else to continue to support the development of FreeBSD with more dough (which is the only reason I still subscribe to the CD release set at this point). > Of course, I'm sure everyone else has a real Internet connection, and > doesn't have to worry about this. Not me ... :) -Jr -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | John Reynolds CEG, CCE, Next Generation Flows, HLA | | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 480-554-9092 pgr: 868-6512 | | jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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