On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 03:55, Felix Kühling wrote: > On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 17:04:59 -0700 > Eric Anholt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 01:46, Keith Whitwell wrote: > > > Thomas Emmel wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 19:40, Martin Spott wrote: > > > > > > > >>Thomas Emmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>and this message means that the CVS-server is full. > > > >>>I think this was mentioned before two days ago. > > > >>>Some days before I had the problem that the download hangs in > > > >>>xc/xc/util/patch infinitely. Now I tried to download completely > > > >>>from scratch without success. > > > >> > > > >>I'm running a quite up-to-date mirror in Germany - currently without public > > > >>access, but we could change this. Though this mirror suffers from absence of > > > >>the SF server too .... > > > >> > > > >>Interest ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for your help. I have already loaded it via rsync from > > > > jose's mirror. Approx. 10 times faster than CVS... > > > > > > > > > > It seems like anon cvs is something that causes project-hosting sites some > > > discomfort... freedesktop.org doesn't have it in place right now, for instance. > > > > > > However, I'm not sure rsync is a sufficiently useful tool to consider dropping > > > anon cvs in its favor -- there's no concept of 'rsync diff' or of merging in > > > repository changes with local ones. In other words, it can't be promoted as a > > > replacement for cvs for non-registered-developers who are none the less trying > > > to do some actual coding on the tree. For most tasks beyond simply tracking > > > our trunk or branches, it seems inadequate and less useful than just posting a > > > tarred up snapshot each night. > > > > > > Keith > > > > I'd like to give another plug for cvsup here. I consider it a reason to > > move to freedesktop (BK having been vetoed) even if sourceforge > > magically fixed everything about their CVS. cvsup allows users to > > quickly check out a branch of CVS or update it, as long as they aren't > > trying to keep local patches (which cvsup will overwrite). Doing it > > this way doesn't leave CVS directories, meaning no diffing. For > > developers, cvsup allows them to mirror the entire CVS repo and update > > it relatively quickly. My first cvsup of the FreeBSD repo in a week > > took 8 minutes (mainly due to the horrible condition of our campus > > internet). Then you can check out, diff, etc. from your local repo and > > use a shell alias/script to later commit to the public repository if > > you're a registered developer. Also cvsup is supposed to be easier on > > the servers compared to cvs use. > > Having a local CVS mirror sound cool for me as a modem user. How > feasible is it to regularly do a cvsup over a modem line? Is it > comparable to rsync?
I did it for a couple of years with the FreeBSD repo over a 28.8, which is more active than the DRI and at least 10 times bigger I would guess. The initial download will take a while, but you can cancel and resume as necessary. I don't really know what rsync is like. -- Eric Anholt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
