Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 21:44:00 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au> To: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org, mckay@thehub.com.au, "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net>, Vladimir Kushnir <vkushnir@Alfacom.net> Subject: Re: Whatever happened to CTM? Message-ID: <200103211144.f2LBi1911828@dungeon.home> In-Reply-To: <20010319170118.H38843@seven.alameda.net> from Ulf Zimmermann at "Tue, 20 Mar 2001 01:01:18 %2B0000" References: <20010319183444.B42390@peorth.iteration.net> <XFMail.010319165333.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20010319170118.H38843@seven.alameda.net>
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On Tuesday, 20th March 2001, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: >On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 04:53:33PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: >> >> On 20-Mar-01 Michael C . Wu wrote: >> > For all connections greater than 9600baud modems, we recommend >> > using CVSup to get src-all and ports-all updated. At the worst case, >> > be able to CVSup a ports-all collection within an hour, with heavy >> > packet loss and low bandwidth. >> > >> > i.e. CTM sucks, don't use it. :) On the contrary, I prefer CTM over CVSup, even on a fast connection (which I don't currently have). On a slow or intermittent connection, CTM beats CVSup by a large margin. >> cvsup is not available via e-mail for those who may only have e-mail access >> for one reason or another. Firewalls make CTM style delivery essential. (No, Stefan, I don't like your tunneling idea. :-) >I have been hosting the machine which ran ctm, And many thanks indeed for your service! >unfortunatly my provider >cut me off and I just got some access back, but not for the location >the ctm machine is located at. > >At this time I do not know yet when it will have access again. Surely FreeBSD Inc (or whatever it is that owns the freebsd.org machines) could spring for a box. Assuming Ulf is still keen, it shouldn't be too hard for him to remote administer it. Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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