Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 09:22:28 -0500 From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@ics.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: split scontrib, was Re: /usr/src/gnu sources Message-ID: <368642A4.15FB7483@ics.com> References: <199812271239.EAA02589@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > > > 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. What would I do with a CVS repository besides consume a medium size chunk of disk? At the X Consortium I only used released versions of the operating system's I supported. For what I'm doing now that hasn't changed. > > (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? Now we're going backwards. Instead of a couple hours to ftp it over 28.8 I should order a CD that'll take two or three days to get here. To say nothing of the $30 it's going to take out of my wallet, which I'd rather spend buying engines for my kids' model rockets, or something else that's similarly cool. I don't know about you, but my wallet has a bottom. ;-) And I see it all too often. Buying CDs I'm rarely going to need doesn't seem like an efficient use of my money when I can ftp what I want for free. Look, it was only a suggestion that scontrib be split up to make it a little more user friendly. (Are suggestions not welcome anymore?) Do it or don't -- I don't really care. -- Kaleb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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