Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> writes:

> >>Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> writes:
> >> 
> >> I'm suggesting that we split comps.tgz into two parts, one sharable.
> >> across all ports of a given ${MACHINE_ARCH}, like the gcc backend, and
> 
> >Wait until sysinst gets going really well then it won't matter how many
> >pieces the distribution comes in.
> 
> Sorry, that touches a sore point.
Indeed it did.  I may answer that in a later post.

> 
> The parts which deal with sets _are_ going really really well.
> 
> 
But I really did not have any intent to impune sysinst.  I presumed it
was going well.  And as I stated, and all I meant to say was that
sysinst -- an automated install program -- can hide any details of
packaging.