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.


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