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Re: DVD to distribute OpenBSD Packages (Re: about signing OpenBSD packages)

From: Seth Hanford (shanfordckure.com)
Date: Fri Sep 01 2006 - 09:34:09 CDT


Paul de Weerd wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 03:54:46PM +0200, Marius Van Deventer - Umzimkulu wrote:
> | At least it could be a choice. Pay a little more and get a cd set on DVD
> | instead of cd. I'm sure it would be no problem to set up a local ftp
> | server for those sparc boxes either.
>
> That's not a good plan - it would require two different sets
> increasing cost for the project. Combined sales wouldn't be as high as
> for one single set but suppliers would have to stock up on both anyway
> (costly).

And for this very reason, CD sets are the way to go. I barely own a
single DVD drive (and it's in a system that has that AND a CD burner...)
Since both CDs and DVDs don't make sense, as you noted, let's stick with
CDs.

In other off-topic news, it's my birthday!