If bandwidth is the problem, why not make a DVD simply containing the complete packages repository. That can be used as package source for pkg_add.
The regular CDs can be bought and used for installation. You can also go through the work and download (all?) the distro files in the ports tree and put them on the DVD. Then you can transfer the appropriate ones to the ports tree and build the ports without a network conection. Also collect the FAQ and other necessary stuff from openbsd.org. On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 08:06:50AM +0800, Tito Mari Francis Escaqo wrote: > I have already found a resolution on this, I'll continue with creating > an OpenBSD DVD, since I believe the custom-built distro would enable > people in my country to reap the benefits of the software, but without > using any OBSD artwork. > > As for donating to the OBSD project, of course I want to give back to > the community where I got the treasure-trove. I just hope it would be > the soonest as I hoped. Why leave the resource you reap from lay > barren? > > Thanks! > > > On 10/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 02.10-11:46, Bob Beck wrote: > > > > (though i have to confess, i haven't made a donation since i upgraded > > > > my gateway to 4.1 ... i have an excuse !!! and it was only last week. > > > > and i will) > > > > > > And this is exactly the problem. Look, you guys can quibble > > > all you want about "awww, we should be able to make our own distros" > > > Yes, you can. > > > > no, this is "a" problem. and there's no question that it's important > > but the relevant discussion was above your cut. even less to the > > point, i contribute more than the cost of a CD set without the overhead > > (but then it's value is greater to me than it may be to others). > > > > encouraging people to purchase CD sets is great (bit like a suggested > > donation at a museum) but more important is iterating to people the > > value of the software and that it is their *responsibility* to refelect > > that value in their contibutions; whatever form that contribution > > takes. > > > > > > > -- > Tito Mari Francis H. Escaqo > Computer Engineer and Free Software Proponent -- / Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
