From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 21 11:49:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from seven.alameda.net (seven.alameda.net [63.86.88.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3678C37B72B for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:49:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf@seven.alameda.net) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by seven.alameda.net (8.11.1/8.9.3) id f2LJo3d26226; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf) Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:50:03 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: Stephen McKay Cc: Ulf Zimmermann , current@freebsd.org, "Michael C . Wu" , Vladimir Kushnir Subject: Re: Whatever happened to CTM? Message-ID: <20010321115003.B97752@seven.alameda.net> Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <20010319183444.B42390@peorth.iteration.net> <20010319170118.H38843@seven.alameda.net> <200103211144.f2LBi1911828@dungeon.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200103211144.f2LBi1911828@dungeon.home>; from mckay@thehub.com.au on Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 09:44:00PM +1000 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 09:44:00PM +1000, Stephen McKay wrote: > On Tuesday, 20th March 2001, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > >On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 04:53:33PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > >> > >> On 20-Mar-01 Michael C . Wu wrote: > >> > For all connections greater than 9600baud modems, we recommend > >> > using CVSup to get src-all and ports-all updated. At the worst case, > >> > be able to CVSup a ports-all collection within an hour, with heavy > >> > packet loss and low bandwidth. > >> > > >> > i.e. CTM sucks, don't use it. :) > > On the contrary, I prefer CTM over CVSup, even on a fast connection (which > I don't currently have). On a slow or intermittent connection, CTM beats > CVSup by a large margin. > > >> cvsup is not available via e-mail for those who may only have e-mail access > >> for one reason or another. > > Firewalls make CTM style delivery essential. (No, Stefan, I don't like > your tunneling idea. :-) > > >I have been hosting the machine which ran ctm, > > And many thanks indeed for your service! > > >unfortunatly my provider > >cut me off and I just got some access back, but not for the location > >the ctm machine is located at. > > > >At this time I do not know yet when it will have access again. > > Surely FreeBSD Inc (or whatever it is that owns the freebsd.org machines) > could spring for a box. Assuming Ulf is still keen, it shouldn't be too > hard for him to remote administer it. > > Stephen. I am only the owner of the box on which ctm runs and had provided the connectivity. It was maintained by someone else. -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message