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Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 08:06:54 -0400
From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
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Subject: Re: Has the port collection become to large to handle.
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On Mon, 15 May 2006 23:47:50 -0400
Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:
> 
> Chris Hill writes:
> 
> >  IMHO, your gripes are misdirected - complain to your ISP about
> >  the speed and reliability of your service. This should NOT take
> >  two hours. It could also be a matter of using the wrong server
> >  for your time and place.
> 
> 	A data point:
> 	I just pulled a fresh copy of the tree into virgin space.
> 	Time (as reported by cvsup) : 46m42s
> 	Size (as reported by du) : 301.2 mbytes
> 	The mirror is 6 hops out, and located at M.I.T..  (Almost next
> 		door.) 
> 	My connection is 7 megabit cable.

Pulling down an entire tree into a virgin directory is not efficient
use of cvsup.  Not even a little.  While it _can_ be done (as you've
demonstrated) if you're looking for performance, pull down a tarball,
unpack it, then run cvsup to update it, and I bet it will be considerably
faster.

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Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.