> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 18 December 2003 11:14
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Server Problem
>
> Dave Page wrote:
>
> >OK, obviously these things are sent to try us :-)
> >
> >
>
> Those glory days, when we made calculations using fingers,
> stones and shells....
Shells? Man you live in the lap of luxury. I'll bet you even had fire in
your cave!
>
> Maybe the machine is in a hurry, but to do what?!?
>
Dunno. It's in a rack with some very powerful boxes though - maybe it's
trying to keep up.
>
> We should be very careful about that, I've seen some really
> nasty problems with version checking systems when timestamps
> are not precise (with Visual SourceSafe)
Yeah, well - there are good reasons why we're in the middle of moving
all our Windows code from vss to CVS.
Anyway, I don't think it will be a problem unless successive commits of
the same file are made within a short time of each other (or an update
then commit) - we just need to keep an eye on things until the new mobo
arrives.
> Quite often, I do an update just before committing. THIS
> SHOULD BE AVOIDED as long the server's clock might take back
> steps. Instead, there should be > 5 minutes of delay after
> updating (if clock is synced every
> 5 minutes) . This could prevent some future headache on
> repository consistency.
I really should read the whole message before I type...
> Already got one, still fighting to suppress it. BTW, maybe
> dev.pgadmin.org caught the double speed virus?!?
Hmm, worth looking into :-)
Regards, Dave
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