> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael C. > Shultz > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 3:16 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Missing INDEX file in Ports > > > > > > yeah, but including it would be easier for alot of people. Especially > > people who > > are using a slower computer. > > > I agree "make index" is no fun on a slow computer, but if space is a > problem is it really a good idea to put generated files on the CD? >
INDEX has been included with every CDROM pressing of FreeBSD 4.x previously. And this will be the last 4.X pressing. So, it must have required a really severe space crunch to justify this significant of a deviation. Now, lets's see here: Disc 1 of FreeBSD 4.11 KDE is 647MB Disc 1 of FreeBSD 4.11 Gnome is 576MB The INDEX file is 6MB A cdrom holds 660-700MB of data And I won't even go into the thousands of dollars of network costs involved in fetching a 6Mb index file over the Internet for everyone that could have been included on the CD. Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
