Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:32:01 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" <stephen@missouri.edu> Cc: "ctm-users@freebsd.org" <ctm-users@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Warning of interuption to CTM update service: Message-ID: <202012280932.0BS9W1G9066227@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Thu, 24 Dec 2020 03:19:56 %2B0000." <3c5ef714-236b-6e3a-a705-739d46bc25b8@missouri.edu>
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"Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" wrote: > On 12/23/20 8:46 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > WARNING: This message has originated from an External Source. This may be a phishing expedition that can result in unauthorized access to our IT System. Please use proper judgment and caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding to this email. > > > > Hi, Reference: > >> From: "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" <stephen@missouri.edu> > >> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 20:56:00 +0000 > > > > "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" wrote: > >> On 12/20/20 10:52 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >> > >>> Hi ctm-users@freebsd.org, > >>> > >>> Warning of interuption to CTM update service: > >>> > >>> http://freebsd.org are about to abandon use of SVN, & move to Git. > >>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/git > >>> > >>> Apparently FreeBSD ports will continue to use Svn for some while. > >>> > >>> http://ctm.berklix.org extracts FreeBSD sources using SVN, > >>> before using CTM to send updates for source trees > >>> src-4 src-5 src-6 src-7 src-8 src-9 src-10 src-11 src-12 > >>> src-cur ports-cur svn-cur > >>> > >>> So as a first step on ctm.berklix.org I have run pkg install git > >>> > >>> Thanks to Gary J cc'd for the alert. > >> > >> As maintainer of CTM, I don't intend to keep up maintenance from > >> subversion to git. The number of users of CTM is small, and I don't > >> think it is worth the manpower. > >> > >> Obviously if someone else wishes to take over, they are most welcome. > >> I'm willing to answer questions and help out some. > >> > >> Stephen > > > > Thanks for all your past work Stephen! > > I believe in the push model of CTM, great for everyone with > > intermittent, slow, or expensive when mobile net access etc. (eg > > dark side of the moon ;-), or laptop on trains, offices behind other > > companies firewalls etc) > > > > I would do more, beyond hosting & mail lists, what's stopped me > > before is A) you ran it fine B) opacity: similarity of crontab > > script names do-A do-B do-C & multiplicity of enormous trees. A > > guide would be useful. I'm not clear which if all the trees on the > > server are used by your scripts or if some tree are ones I created > > & could prune. > > > > Can I put your crontab & scripts up read only under http://ctm.berklix.org > > along with 1 or more du lists, as 1st stage to me & others understanding > > with your advice how it works, before we try modifying svn commands > > to git. I would omit secret generator keys to avoid later spoofing > > of the feed ? > > > > Others helping would be welcome, especially re. git commands, nice > > if conversion work & knowledge is shared. > > > > Cheers, > > > > All the code I wrote on berklix is totally open source as far as I am > concerned. Post it as you like. Thanks Stephen, ctm.berklix.org/~sms/ has 111 Gig. Could you delete junk please ? Then it'll be easier to explore. ctm.berklix.org/usr/ftp has 50 Gig 23 Gig /pub/FreeBSD/development/CTM Archives for public ftp download Which do you use of: 11.8 Gig /pub/FreeBSD/development/FreeBSD-SVN created & updated by ~jhs crontab & http://www.berklix.org/~jhs/bin/.sh/svnsync.sh Contains: base/ doc/ ports/ socsvn/ 6.6 Gig ~sms/library/ctm/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-SVN Contains: base/ doc/ ports/ # no socsvn BTW A tool for pruning part duplicate trees, leaving non identical files: http://www.berklix.org/~jhs/src/bsd/jhs/bin/public/cmpd/ cd tree-to-prune ; find . -type f -exec /usr/local/bin/cmpd -d {} \ /rooted-path/reference-tree \; Cheers, -- Julian Stacey http://berklix.com/jhs/
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