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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:59:54 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Blaz Zupan <blaz@gold.amis.net>, Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile
Message-ID:  <19981214105954.I5444@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812140941110.588-100000@gold.amis.net>; from Blaz Zupan on Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 10:02:08AM %2B0100
References:  <19981213224532.34064@nothing-going-on.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812140941110.588-100000@gold.amis.net>

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On Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 10:02:08AM +0100, Blaz Zupan wrote:
> And a comment to Eivind, who wants to remove -current cvsup access: I
> rarely contribute to FreeBSD, but I do cvsup. I try to be up-to-date on my
> home machine and try to find problems, make suggestions and help as much
> as I can, time permitting. I'm sure there are others like me. Removing
> cvsup access would really not help much reducing the noise (you would
> only get a ton of questions every week, asking why they can't cvsup
> -current), it would only be an annoyance to those, that try to do their
> best to help. If I don't have time to contribute today, this week, this
> month or this year, maybe I'll have time to do it tomorrow, next week,
> next month or next year. But without -current access, I won't even have a
> chance to try.

Removing CVSup access to -current is not something I'd like to do; it
is just something I noted as the only reasonably effective measure I
can see (beyond moderating more of the lists).  I am positive that it
would reduce the noise somehwat; I don't know whether it would be
worthwhile.

In effect, what it would do is increase the cost of using -current by
somewhat less than $15 (450MB of diskspace).  For those that are
serious about running -current, I don't really think this should be a
problem if announced a suitable amount of time in advance (doing this
overnight would be nasty, of course) - OTOH, I already CVSup the
repository, so it is difficult for me to judge.

Eivind.

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