It's something we've been considering. :)
> Hi,
>
> I was thinking (I know, I know, I shouldn't do that, it's bad for me
> ;)...
>
> Since we now have 3000+ ports, what are the chances of getting a special
> "FreeBSD Ports Distfiles" CD-ROM subscription set, which would just
> contain the distfiles? Since this set would be fairly low maintainance
> (just dump a copy of the FTP site onto CD :) it could be released at a
> low cost and with a fairly frequent update interval. I'm sure plenty of
> people would go for something which worked out to around $5 per month,
> including a lot of Linux people, since the CD would not have anything
> specific to FreeBSD on it. NetBSD and OpenBSD people should also be
> interested.
>
> This would also make the 4.0 set easier to get onto 4 disks, and it
> would do out of date slower (since the packages are prebuilt for that
> snapshot of -CURRENT).
>
> Another advantage is that we might be able to get rid of some NO_CDROMs,
> since the distfiles CD set would be around the cost of the media.
>
> Regards,
> -Jeremy
>
> --
> | If I was not so weak, if I was not so cold,
> --+-- If I was not so scared of being broken, growing old,
> | I would be. I would be... frail.
> | - jars of clay / much afraid / frail
>
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