On 9/25/06, Shantanoo Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +++ Kumar Appaiah [25-09-06 15:16 +0530]: > | On 25/09/06, Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > Hi Kumar this is good news :-) > | > But why did you limit it to the x86 arch? amd64 is also now becomming > | > common in India. > | > Actually many people I know are prefering amd64 now even for their > | > home desktops. > | > | For the present, due to bandwidth and space constraints, Dr.Sriram is > | intent on getting only the x86. He may decide to expand later. > > Well I don't think many people will be using the mirror considering > the number of bsd users. Also ISPs don't give discounts if data > transfer is from India only. :). And most of us probably have > unlimited data transfer plans. > | > | As I have already said, the CDs will be available. But we also want to > | give the precompiled ports, or the source, if that would be > | preferable. Could someone please suggest the right way to make > | available ports for this architecture on our mirror? Is it enough to > | mirror the ports binaries or is there some better way? > > Nice to have following things: > - ISOs > - All the packages. Something like [1]. > - Ports tree > - Documentation >
I have never done an ftp install of FreeBSD. Maybe you can setup a facility for users to do FTP installs too. > I don't think that putting the source for the ports is necessary at > the early stage. That would be tedious too. --Siju _______________________________________________ bsd-india mailing list [email protected] http://www.bsd-india.org/mailman/listinfo/bsd-india
