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Date:      Wed, 1 Feb 1995 16:35:23 -0500
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   SUP must die, CTM for president !!
Message-ID:  <9502012135.AA19717@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199502010755.XAA19507@ref.tfs.com>
References:  <29186.791616495@time.cdrom.com> <199502010755.XAA19507@ref.tfs.com>

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<<On Tue, 31 Jan 1995 23:55:46 -0800 (PST), Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com> said:

> But for src-current:
> It is stupid.  Look at it:  We run sup-scan every 8 hours, then
> we download individual sets of files to each user based on timestamps.
> That's not particular smart.  We have probably all been hit by the
> zero byte file with the right timestamp havn't we ?

It works great for me, and I've never had any problems with it that
weren't my fault.  As I expressed in another message, I think the
problem is that there are simply too many people running -current, who
aren't prepared to deal with bleeding-edge phenomena.

> On top of that: CTM transfers only the changes, not the entire file
> each time a line is touched.

Sometimes you want the entire file to be transferred.

> CTM uses md5, so it will detect if people have corrupt files.

Like in this case.

-GAWollman

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