Hello, Andrew!

> Here is an answer : FAT does't allow wrote notodd number of seconds in
> modification time (for example you will never be able set 17 Feb 2000 8:00:31
> as modification time to any file on FAT volume). It's a very old story why MS
> used 32bit timestamp but we need to change something in CVS to prevent sending 
> half of files again to CVS server during update.

The solution will be to use MD5 checksums before sending files to the
server. This idea is actively discussed, and I hope that it will be
implemented soon, maybe as an unofficial patch.

The modification will not affect the server, i.e. you'll not have to ask
Mozilla guys to modify their setup.

Regards,
Pavel Roskin

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