From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 22 19:45:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08873 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 19:45:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08838; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 19:45:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id TAA05108; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 19:45:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.Alameda.net(207.90.181.2) via SMTP by DNS.Lamb.net, id smtpd005106; Sun Feb 22 19:45:24 1998 Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.6/8.7.6) id TAA02598; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 19:45:18 -0800 (PST) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199802230345.TAA02598@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: CTM requires a new home! In-Reply-To: from Richard Wackerbarth at "Feb 22, 98 09:28:30 pm" To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 19:45:17 -0800 (PST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, ctm-announce@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I offer to run the server, if I get exact instruction how to do it. Here is a P5-75 which is pratical idle 99.9% and it could be used for it. > At 7:44 PM -0600 2/22/98, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > >The current maintainer of CTM services, Richard Wackerbarth, no longer > >wishes to provide that service and is looking for a replacement. I > >have absolutely no idea what's involved in making CTM deltas but I'm > >sure that RKW would be happy to explain the process to whomever steps > >forward to fill his shoes. I'm guessing that you need, at a minimum, > >a local well-updated CVS tree and enough bandwidth to send the deltas > >out on a regular basis. > > The bandwidth is a minor requirement. Most of the deltas consist of only > a message or two. The real requirements are > 1) A "production" system that can be relied upon to produce the deltas > day in and day out. > 2) About 2Gb of Hard disk to support the various versions of the tree > that you need to maintain. A MINIMUM of two copies of the ENTIRE > CVS tree and 3 source trees. (We could probably cut that back to > 2 by dropping the 2.1 deltas) and the master library of the deltas. > 3) Enough computing time to produce the deltas. At the moment, I am > using about 50% of a P5-90 for 6 or 7 hours per day. > > >If we can't find a volunteer then CTM services will simply be > >discontinued, so if you're a fan of CTM, here's your chance to make a > >difference! > > It wouldn't be as efficient, but the various distributions could be > split up and come from different places. > > The reason that I am quitting is that the burden has steadly grown. > I made some suggestions that would greatly cut down on the burden of > reprocessing dead material many times each day. Much of the bulk of > the tree could be taken from a CD and, most importantly, would not > need to be reprocessed all the time. I even offered to implement > the changes. > > However, as is usually the case with this group, the people who get > to make the decisions are not interested in my changes. They do > not see that THEY get a direct benefit and the changes MIGHT affect > them. > > Therefore, I am making the only change over which I have any control. > It guarantees to reduce the burden on my system. Unfortunately it may > affect some of you, who, like myself, have no say in the matter. > > Richard Wackerbarth > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message