On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 20:09:29 -0400, John Check <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Monday 16 September 2002 10:45 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > It's been a long while since I've checked out a copy of the fgfs > > files from CVS and I'd like to clarify something before I have > > another go. > > > > I no longer have a 'fat pipe' to the internet so I'm stuck with a > > 56K modem to get the files. If I copy an old (circa 0.71) CVS > > snapshot into my/CVSROOT/fgfs directory on linux will I still have > > to download the whole base package or will CVS be clever and just > > get the stuff that has been updated since then? > > > > That should be workable, but you'll probably have to do some > voodoo first, since some of the specs for what and where changed. > SOmeplace, there is a python script that will go through the CVS > directories and change the repository used. Check the mailing list > archives. You can also do it with perl or even sed. > > > I'm trying to avoid downloading the large scenery and graphic files. > > > > There are a -lot- of graphics files and eye candy related stuff added > since 0.7.1. Either way, it's going to take a while on a dial up. ..ok, I have an unmetered "fat enough" pipe and volonteer it to find out the "patch sizes", I like to keep my non-distro code where it belongs, in '/usr/local', rather than '/home/cvs'. Advice me of what tests you want run, and how you want me to run'em, scripts are nicely welcomed. ;-) > > Is the stable CVS tree just a snapshot of the last stable release or > > is it updated with new code additions/patches that appear to be > > stable? > > > > The stable tree is for all intents and purposes the last released > version. For SimGear and FlightGear you have to maintain 2 trees if > you want access to the stable or dev versions. The basepackage CVS you > can access either, but not concurrently. ..it is also possible to use an "how-to on using cvs to minimize the download requirements", as a bait to fish people into using cvs and then into development. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
