From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 27 04:41:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA19130 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 04:41:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles310.castles.com [208.214.167.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA19125 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 04:41:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA02589; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 04:39:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812271239.EAA02589@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" cc: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: split scontrib, was Re: /usr/src/gnu sources In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:58:30 EST." <36863D06.794BDF32@ics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 04:39:05 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Typical source-observation procedure is to maintain a local copy of the > > CVS repository, these days using CVSup which keeps your bandwidth > > consumption way down. Then you just check out the bits that are > > relevant to whatever you're doing. > > I see. No, I don't "track the repository," nor am I likely to. I keep my > bandwidth consumption down by only ftp-ing the sources I need, when I > need them, and by only running released versions of the OS. I can't offer any really convincing numbers, but I think you'd be surprised at how cost-effective CVSup actually is. > (If I wanted bleeding-edge pain, I'd develop for released versions of > Linux.) Ouch. If you only want the sources for released FreeSBD versions, do you have the CDROMs? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message