Hi Christoph,
As you know, I support this. From the Sourceforge Web site, "A number of
projects moving to SourceForge.net have existing CVS repositories. In order
for the file history to be properly maintained, it is important to obtain a
complete copy of that repository, and to submit it for import by
SourceForge.net staff.":
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=768&group_id=1
BerliOS appears to offer a similar import facility, although they use the
word 'tree' rather than 'repository'. Both sites appear to use the same
software so hopefully the same thing could be done?
http://developer.berlios.de/docman/display_doc.php?docid=37&group_id=2
I'm not fussed with which site although I would probably prefer SourceForge
since it's familiar and well known.
Alex.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christoph Reichenbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:43 PM
Subject: [freesci-develop] Moving CVS
> Hi,
>
> after the CVS problems we experienced at the beginning of this month,
> individual developers have mentioned performance or connection problems-
> either occasional or at all times- with Alfred University.
> Considering that the primary focus of this university is most probably not
> to provide us with permanent CVS access, it seems unlikely that these
> problems will be resolved in the near future.
> It has therefore been suggested that we move our CVS hosting to a site
> that provides better performance.
>
> What are your opinions on this? Personally, I believe that it makes sense
> to do this, but I'm not the only one using CVS here.
>
> If we can agree on moving, the next question would be where we'd like to
> move CVS hosting to. There are two sites that provide hosting for free
> software projects that I'm aware of: Sourceforge, and a German site called
> Berlios (http://www.berlios.de). I did some performance testing, which
> seemed to indicate that CVS checkouts on SF were faster by about a factor
> of 4 or 5, but my tests weren't very extensive. Are there any other sites
> someone here can recommend?
>
> If we move, it would be preferrable if the current CVS could be moved in
> its entirety, i.e. with our complete history. Does anybody know if this is
> possible on either of the two sites above (or on any other sites)?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback,
>
> llap,
> Christoph
>
>
>
