Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:17:48 -0500 From: "John Mehr" <jcm@visi.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn - but smaller? Message-ID: <web-11167508@mailback3.g2host.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303121953580.64633@wonkity.com> References: <web-11636850@mailback4.g2host.com> <513E2DA5.70200@mac.com> <web-12282796@mailback4.g2host.com> <op.wts7cnaeg7njmm@michael-think> <web-11149903@mailback3.g2host.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303121953580.64633@wonkity.com>
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On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:57:13 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Tue, 12 Mar 2013, John Mehr wrote: >> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:20:37 +0100 >> "Michael Ross" <gmx@ross.cx> wrote: >>> >>> What'd you think about a syntax extension along the >>>lines of >>> >>> svnup --bsd-base >>> svnup --bsd-ports >>> svnup --bsd-all >>> >>> with automagic host selection, default to uname's major >>>version stable branch and default target dirs? >> >> Hello, >> >> This sounds good to me, and as long as there's some sort >>of a consensus that we're not breaking the principle of >>least surprise, I'm all for it. The one default that may >>be unexpected is the defaulting to the stable branch -- >>people who track the security branches will be left out. >>So maybe something like: >> >> svnup --ports >> svnup --stable >> svnup --security (or --release) > > How would you select the mirror? There are two now, and >likely more > later. This is a good question. I was thinking it could be done the same way that freebsd-update selects its mirror via an SRV query but it looks like that's currently not an option.
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