Re: LYNX-DEV Splitting the current distribution zip file

[Leonid Pauzner]

>      * From: Nelson Henry Eric <address@hidden>
>      * Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 14:21:01 +0900 (JST)
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> > I'm looking at ways to split the current Lynx distribution now that
> > neither the tar.gz nor the zip files fit on a 3.5-inch floppy :-(
>

Let it would be 2 parts under the size of 1.2M each.
Does floppy-media so expesive to fill 1.44 strictly up to the bottom?
5 or 6 parts for only 1.6M - so complex...
When we overcome 2.4M we may discuss the item next time ;-)

> > Comments?
>
> Six or so months ago I recommended that the distribution be divided
> into source code and documentation trees, somewhat along the lines of
> bind (see "ftp://pub1.bryant.vix.com/isc/bind/src/cur/bind-8";).  Klaus
> did not favor the plan, and personally I still have reservations about
> doing it, particularly since it would separate the help files, samples
> and tests from the source.

CHANGES.new - which part it will belong to (docs or source) ?


> A better idea, and what I actually did once on a FreeBSD machine I was
> installing without a cdrom or networking, might be to produce a target
> that would clean out all but the bare essentials for your system.  This
> would work great with autoconf since you already know what the system
> needs or not.  I did this about six-months ago, and _with_ the help-file
> tree, it was a 830kB tar.gz.  I doubt that many people would have the
> need or desire to download directly to /dev/fd0.
>
While the others prefer a single large file
to limit the number of manipulations while downloading etc.

Separating docs will gain about 300Kb in zip
and separating platform-dependent things - less than 100Kb.

Leonid.