problem finding archive site for X11R4
Kevin Weller
n025fc at tamuts.tamu.edu
Thu May 9 02:00:37 AEST 1991
I'm almost ready to post my compiled X11R4 distribution for XENIX, but
I'm faced with a problem finding an archive site willing to take such
a big package (probably around 15 megs compressed). UUNET doesn't
take binaries unless there is a demand for them from enough of its
customers. I would simply put it up on my own system, but that's about
to move and become non-UUCPable, and it has never been FTPable.
Anybody out there wanna take it?
All this may become moot if I decide to post my own source patches
instead of the binaries. Here are the pros and cons of posting source
patches:
Pros...
- source patches are MUCH smaller than complete binaries, hence,
archive sites are more willing to take them (because they're small,
and because they're sources)
- they can be compiled for slightly differing hardware (eg., Trident
VGA Hi-Res mode, Chain's code), although most 386 systems will work
with my binary configuration
Cons...
- you'll need a development system (GNU c compiler also needed) to
compile X
- you'll need to download the X sources (if memory serves, the main
tape runs about 35 megs)
- it'll take MUCHO disk space to contain both the sources/objects and
the binaries, whereas you'll need only (only?) about 40-45 megs to
load the binaries and extract them
Thoughts?
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