Slides, papers, etc.

[Szilveszter Adam]

On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 07:49:29PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2007-01-15 00:09, Hiroki Sato <hrs at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > Well, what do you think about simply importing FreeBSD-related
> > presentation materials into the doc tree for the moment like OpenBSD
> > project does?
> 
> That's an excellent idea, and I would really like to see it happen.
> 
> I was only worried that this would 'bloat' the CVS repository, if we
> started importing large collections of binary files.

Well I think it is worth noting that most presentations in the OpenBSD
tree are done with magicpoint and are converted to HTML, not PDF.

So, I think we should adapt something similar, because HTML is a lot
more "repo-friendly".

It is not just CVS bloat, it is that each time someone wants to sync up
the doc tree, they will have to transfer the large binary files anew if
there is even a very small change. Not everyone is using a broadband
connection. I for one have mirrored the www tree for more than two years
through a modem dialup which was billed by the minute. (Luckily no
longer so...) 

Just a remark. Otherwise, I am very much in favor of such a repository!
-- 
Regards:

Szilveszter ADAM
Budapest
Hungary