> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Joachim Schipper > Sent: 01 September 2006 03:12 PM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: DVD to distribute OpenBSD Packages (Re: about signing OpenBSD > packages) > > On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 09:50:34AM +0800, Tito Mari Francis Esca?o wrote: > > On 9/1/06, Madars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >...I do trust the packages that are on the CDs, but as > > >space is limited, you can't put all of them there. > > Does the OpenBSD project consider the use of DVD to distribute the > > package set on a per architecture basis? > > IMHO can be in line with the project's objective of distributing the > > OS (and packages?) in CD (or in this case, DVD) sets to support the > > project. > > On the buyer's side, it guarantees the reliability/authenticity of the > > packages; on the project's side, it's a new way of distributing OS > > support applications. > > Now *that* would suck. Most of my i386 boxes won't read a DVD, and I'm > fairly certain that getting a sparc to read a DVD isn't as easy as > making a i386 do the same. > > Joachim
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. One thing's for sure, there are some places where downloading the remaining packages from the net is still a financially prohibitive exercise,
