Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:13:06 +0000 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Idea about the ports tree included in the release Message-ID: <20071124151306.13d7368a@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <4747A1FB.9000707@FreeBSD.org> References: <4747A1FB.9000707@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:00:59 -0800 Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > How hard would it be to include the c[v]sup checkouts file > with the tarball, and install it into some standard location? I think > that would greatly increase the utility of the tarball, since you > could start from there and immediately update to the latest version > without having to pull down the whole tree again. c[v]sup doesn't have to pull the whole tree again if it doesn't have a checkout file, it's just a kind of metadata cache that speeds things up and reduces the server load. I think it might be worthwhile doing some real-world timings with two points a month apart (and away from the ports-freeze) to see what the benefit is. My feeling is that it's not worth the effort, because most people that use the tarball only do so because of networking problems, and even if they do switch to csup, it's the kind of thing that's done very infrequently.
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