can we put all the files for all arch on one CD?  or maybe 2?  one src and
one bin?

On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Colin Wood wrote:

> Christopher R. Bowman wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Tom T. Thai wrote:
> > > On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Ted Lemon wrote:
> > > > > get lots of twisting going! :)  I am getting tired of seeing all this
> > > > > support out there for Linux and FreeBSD but no native support for NetBSD.
> > > > 
> > > > All we have to do to fix this problem is increase our installed base
> > > > to the point where it makes more sense to port to NetBSD than FreeBSD
> > > > or Linux.   It's a SMOM.
> > > 
> > > let's start by asking why isn't our install base as big as the others..
> > > From what I can see:
> > > 	1. ease of installation
> > > 	2. documentation (I'm working on this)
> > > 	3. www.netbsd.org doesn't have much content.
> > > 
> > > what else? 
> > 
> > 4. Frequency of releases, current is suppose to be experimental but (at
> > least in the mac68k port) people are constantly told to try current
> > to get this or that feature.  I really think that a yearly release
> > cycle is to long.
> 
> Fortunately, this recommendation should change a bit after the 1.3
> release.  We now have the majority (although a slim one) of 68k-based
> Macs working.  The long release cycle has affected other ports as well,
> tho.  The i386 port has seen significant improvements which required
> -current to take advantage of them (like bounce buffer support, atapi
> support, pcmcia support...)
> 
> Hopefully, the 1.4 release cycle will not last nearly as long as 1.3 :-)
> 
> > 5. Availability of simple to use CDROMs for installation. I know
> > that there is a cdrom out there with netbsd stuff on it, but having
> > one offical FreeBSD CDROM to my mind is a good thing.
> 
> Yeah, this would be really nice...but how many architectures do you
> support on a CD-ROM?  NetBSD supports quite a few :-)  We have made recent
> efforts to cut this down some by creating an m68k shareable /usr tree, but
> this still leaves all the non-m68k architectures.  Is it really worth it
> to create a NetBSD/i386 only CD-ROM?  I mean, I think that the
> multi-platform nature of NetBSD is certainly one of its strong points.
> 
> Later.
> 
> -- 
> Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
> Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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