Re: Unidentified subject!

[sopwith redhat com (Elliot Lee)]

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:26:52 -0500 (EST), William F. Maton
<wmaton@enterprise.ic.gc.ca> wrote:

>On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Elliot Lee wrote:
>
>> We (as in "the people who maintain the anoncvs mirrors") are having big
>> problems with the anoncvs mirrors. The load average on Phil's server is at
>
>I think the proper solution is to not run anoncvs for people who just want
>to bleed and have fun doing it.  rysnc maybe the way to go, or
>an alternative, jimpcik.com's nightly snapshots.  People who are activelty
>developing for GNOME should be the only ones allowed CVS read access, at
>least.  My 2 cents worth.

Yes, and then we have to administer read-only CVS accounts on all the
mirrors...

I don't think nightly snapshots (aka "downloading the whole kaboom") are
bandwidth efficient or convenient. rsync is more efficient for sure, but you
would have to keep the CVS repository as well as your local checkout on disk.

When PRCS2 becomes a viable alternative, it will probably be used, because it
is supposed to be a lot more efficient.

For now, if you find snapshot tarballs convenient, by all means use them. I
would like to also try to continue to have anoncvs operational for those who
prefer using it.

-- Elliot
"In film you will find four basic story lines. Man versus man, man
 versus nature, nature versus nature, and dog versus vampire."
    - Steven Spielberg