From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 9 00:35:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA21761 for current-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jan 1996 00:35:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA21754 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 1996 00:35:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0tZZWa-0003vpC; Tue, 9 Jan 96 00:35 PST Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA00191; Tue, 9 Jan 1996 09:35:16 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Syncing CTM and SNAPS? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Jan 1996 22:41:21 PST." <27898.821169681@time.cdrom.com> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 09:35:15 +0100 Message-ID: <189.821176515@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Hey Poul-H, > > You know those big `base deltas' you make for CTM? The ones that > serve as a jumping-off point for all the updates that follow? > > Well, all this talk of a 2.2 SNAP has me thinking.. Why not try to > sync the SNAP dates with whatever mechanism you have for generating > base deltas, so that on the day a SNAP is produced you also have a > base you can grab over FTP (e.g. don't even bother installing the > source distribution) and jump straight into -current. > > I don't intend to do 2.2 SNAPS very often, mind you, but it seems that > when I do, we should try to maximize their benefit to the hacker > community! Well, just grab the latest ####A delta and all that comes after it. There really isn't any benefit to synchronizing with the base deltas I think, it's just more hazzles for us. But good idea btw! -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.