PDP UNIX and CD-ROMs
Greg Lehey
grog at lemis.com
Mon Mar 2 10:17:01 AEST 1998
On Mon, 2 March 1998 at 9:38:33 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> In article by Chris Drake:
>>> Ok, so CD-ROMs are not the _best_ method of distributing the archive, but
>>> they are a _good_ way of doing so.
>>
>> Sounds good to me... Just out of curiosity, got any idea how many people are
>> on this list and/or might want a CD? I may have a limited ability to cut
>> some at work, but not if we're talking lots.
>
> I'd say at least 100 initially, and at least 300 in the first 12 months.
> I'm trying to organise a bunch of people who can burn CDs, to keep the
> individual workload down.
>
> I'll be creating a Rock Ridge image using mkisofs from the archive here.
> People who are prepared to burn CDs can either download the image, or the
> entire archive. For the latter, I'll include a makefile to build the CD image.
>
> Oviously, people who do mirror the archive:
>
> + will be asked to burn CDs, and will do so,
As I mentioned before, I can cut tapes, but not burn CDs. I think
this is still a valuable service.
> + must be covered by a license. I will need either a signed
> letter (on paper) describing the license, or a PGP-signed
> email describing the license, before I can give access to
> the archive.
Right. Any further news about when this could happen?
> Does this sound reasonable, everyone?
Modulo my point above, yes.
Greg
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