Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:47:42 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch>, Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk>, Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please help spread the CVSup mirror load more evenly Message-ID: <3888F01E.AF550589@softweyr.com> References: <200001212246.OAA36108@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Steve Kargl wrote:
>
> Andre Oppermann wrote:
> > Jesper Skriver wrote:
> > >
> >
> > > You will risk hitting 2 different server in 2 rapid cvsup run's, where
> > > the first may be more up to date than the next, as Jordan wrote earlier
> > > in this thread ...
> >
> > Does it matter? Who cvsup's regulary more than once or twice a day?
> > Committers AFAIK do cvs directly.
> >
>
> %cvsup
> Damn! Forgot I don't want src-sys --> Hit ^C.
> %vi ~/supfile Remove src-sys
> %cvsup
>
> or
>
> %cvsup
> Damn! Forgot I want to remove sup/src-sys/refuse --> Hit ^C.
> %rm sup/src-sys/refuse
> %cvsup
>
> Yes, I've done both scenarios.
Perhaps an option to CVSup to test a group of servers and render a "rating"
for each, or to choose a "best" one. Then an intelligent human being could
use this information to occasionally change which cvsup server they use.
Such a tool wouldn't be specific to CVSup, of course, and probably already
exists in benchmarks. Suggestions?
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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