Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 13:49:55 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports/ too big? Message-ID: <20000213134954.A37646@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <00021223272001.02765@nomad.dataplex.net>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 10:38:24PM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002122011480.97914-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <00021223272001.02765@nomad.dataplex.net>
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On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 10:38:24PM -0600, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > As for tools to maintain the repository, they already exist. (see rcs) > All it will take is a little script to run over the distribution > repository and purge as appropriate. And just how much history do you keep? How much trouble is it going to be to get the whole history? Keep a library of CDROMs on my shelf? > Writing the script is MUCH easier than opening your eyes to the idea > that there might be a better way. Can you give examples of any other development effort under a VC/CM system that prunes history and old revisions? > If FreeBSD is ever going to amount to much more than a few "hackers" > playing in their sandbox, there is going to have to be a less myopic > view of the needs of others. Since no one else is rallying behind you, it seems maybe this is your myopic issue. With out a lot of support for this, why should we go thru such a painful reorganization? > Right now, the prevailing attitude is "I've got mine, to hell with the > rest" and "NIH rules" Right now we are keeping our repository the way most people that use VC/CM systems expect it to be. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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