cvs commit: src/release Makefile

[Ruslan Ermilov]

Here we go.

Dear vendors, could you please publish your position on the below
item?

On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 03:05:59PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> On 22-Jul-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:46:00PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> >> >> >> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 05:04 am, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> >> >> >> > ru          2003/07/22 02:04:09 PDT
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >   Modified files:
> >> >> >> >     release              Makefile
> >> >> >> >   Log:
> >> >> >> >   /floppies/boot.flp is no longer necessary on bootable i386 CD-ROMs.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >   Forgotten by:   jhb
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> I left it there so that people can choose which method they want to use
> >> >> >> to make bootable CD's.  It was intentional, not a bug.  The method is
> >> >> >> chosen at mkisofs invocation time, not when laying out the hierarchy.
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> > How they can choose it?
> >> >> 
> >> >> They don't use MAKE_ISOS and invoke mkisofs on their own.  I have never
> >> >> used MAKE_ISOS when building a release and have always used my own buildreliso
> >> >> script.
> >> >>  
> >> > So you agree there's no sense to keep the boot.flp on the second
> >> > CD-ROM image in official version?  Your own script can take care
> >> > of copying it to the CD-ROM if necessary.
> >> 
> >> No, my intention was to allow distributors like FreeBSD Mall,
> >> BSD Mall, etc. to easily choose which method they wanted to use.
> >> I.e., if they weren't comfortable with cdboot, they could still roll
> >> an ISO from the same tree using boot.flp without having to jump
> >> through hoops.  However, if no one wants to use boot.flp anymore,
> >> then it should be removed outright since 2.88 floppies don't "really"
> >> exist in a useful fashion.
> >> 
> > Murray, Chern, that's your call then.  Would you like me to revert
> > this change?  Do you need the /floppies/boot.flp on the 1st and
> > 2nd i386 CD-ROMs?
> 
> The vendors@ list might be the best place to ask.

-- 
Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
ru at sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru at FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer
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