Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:29:43 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Colin Eric Johnson <colinj@cs.unm.edu> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion: distfiles CD Message-ID: <199909022329.QAA02064@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:17:58 MDT." <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909021218120.629-100000@nobby.cs.unm.edu>
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> > > 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. It's call the "FreeBSD Toolkit", and it's 6 CDROMs. > another solution, or part of this solution, might be to offer a CD image > that could be downloaded and burnt. Given some of the more active user > groups in some areas this might be a great way to get CDs out to folks. It > could cost as little as $1.00 for CDs in that fashion. I don't know if > there are things in/on the distfiles CD(s) have copyright restrictions. Yeah. Download all the distfiles, instead of just the ones you need. Marvellous. 8( -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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