Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:14:19 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Richard Wackerbarth <ctm@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Notice of Temporary Suspension of Updates Message-ID: <199710222014.VAA01788@wall.jhs.no_domain> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Oct 1997 20:21:31 CDT." <l03110700b07302447b3b@[208.2.87.4]>
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Reference: > From: Richard Wackerbarth <ctm@FreeBSD.ORG> > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 20:21:31 -0500 > Message-id: <l03110700b07302447b3b@[208.2.87.4]> > To: ctm-announce@FreeBSD.ORG I'm following up to current@ to avoid flooding the low traffic announce@ ... Hi, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > This notice affects all "domestic" (US) CTM feeds; cvs-cur, src-cur, > src-2_2, src-2_1, and ports-cur are all affected. > > All updates are SUSPENDED to allow us to bring them into conformity with > the soon-to-be-released > FreeBSD 2.2.5 CD. As soon as the "rush" copy of the CD arrives, I will > update each feed to match the information on the CD. Then I will resume the > normally scheduled distribution of deltas. I do not expect this to be a > significant delay. The CD is already in transit. > > I have chosen to do this because the advantage of being able to use the > 2.2.5 CD for a baseline > outweighs the disadvantage caused by the slight delay. > > I encourage everyone to obtain the 2.2.5 Release CD. Those using CTM or > CVSUP to update can > significantly reduce the huge file transfer involved in starting the update > process. > > My apologies to anyone that this may inconvenience. > > Richard Wackerbarth > CTM-Meister > > ctm@freebsd.org > Sorry, am I missing something ? I can't see the necessity of forcing people to either { wait to get their CD, or ftp a set of mega large base deltas } if they have old CTM baselines that are still serving well; I for instance am still using these ancient bases: src-cur.1900A.gz ports-cur.1200A.gz cvs-cur.1500A.gz gnats.0100A.gz + all subsequent deltas. OK, they take a while to build, but its better than ftp'ing monster files, & rebuilds are rare. It'd be really nice if you just kept pumping out the deltas for now, please, & after the CD's arrive, we can make up much smaller ctm to cd &/or cd to ctm conversion tars or whatever the collective wisdom decides is needed. I'm expecting a CD (not a rush, just a standard, & that across the Atlantic), I have 4 gig spare right now, & a 200 5MMX 64 with mostly spare cycles, so would be happy to help out generating stuff (I'm dial up though, so after generating I'd upload to {http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ &/or ftp/incoming} to distribute it.) Let me know if & how I can be of help. PS I also have a trusted mature tree stripping (& comparing) program available: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/src/bsd/jhs/bin/public/cmpd/cmpd.c It's never yet burnt my fingers (& is 10 years old!). Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
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