From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 7 03:24:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA06502 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 03:24:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA06447 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 03:24:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id TAA07253; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 19:53:37 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704071023.TAA07253@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs... In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970407105455.00fbc100@dimaga.com> from Eivind Eklund at "Apr 7, 97 10:54:57 am" To: eivind@dimaga.com (Eivind Eklund) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 19:53:37 +0930 (CST) Cc: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Eivind Eklund stands accused of saying: > > >Sure, CVS might be superior to using diffs, BUT, big BUT here, using CVS > >will require TWICE the space to store the source. > > Eh? If you want the entire CVS-repository, it will require 10 times the > amount. This is Just Not True. cain# du -s /local1/ncvs /local1/playpen/2.2 300870 /local1/ncvs 173868 /local1/playpen/2.2 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[