From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 8 18:46:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8472C16A4CE for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:46:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp005.bizmail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp005.bizmail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.175.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 729A443D5A for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:46:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Received: from unknown (HELO optimator.noacks.org) (noackjr@supercrime.org@70.240.179.20 with login) by smtp005.bizmail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Jul 2004 18:46:48 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4070B61E1; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 13:46:47 -0500 (CDT) Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 60275-04-2; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 13:46:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from compgeek.noacks.org (compgeek [192.168.1.10]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B201761F9; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 13:46:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by compgeek.noacks.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i68IkjMm062554; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 13:46:45 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Message-ID: <40ED9695.2000805@alumni.rice.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 13:46:45 -0500 From: Jon Noack User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040629) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" References: <200407062323.02854.kirk@strauser.com> <20040707043251.GA35651@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200407062345.24117.kirk@strauser.com> <20040707070012.GC38356@dragon.nuxi.com> <40EC11EB.4060804@sympatico.ca> <20040707152149.GG82302@elvis.mu.org> <20040707160745.GA39557@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20040707224510.E18741@volatile.chemikals.org> <20040708032639.GA43737@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <40ECE8B7.4010209@alumni.rice.edu> <20040708165310.6e238a77.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20040708165310.6e238a77.steve@sohara.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at noacks.org cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu Subject: Re: Rewrite cvsup & portupgrade in C X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 18:46:48 -0000 On 07/08/04 10:53, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 01:24:55 -0500 > Jon Noack wrote: > >> I think you misunderstand: He was questioning why *cvs* is in the >> base system and is built with every make world when many users opt >> for the more advanced cvsup > > Erm, cvsup is *not* a more advanced version of cvs, cvsup could > be described as a more advanced version of rsync. One is a version control > system, the other is a tool for transferring updates efficiently. Considering we were discussing how to update to the latest source, which both cvs and cvsup can do, cvsup is the more advanced of the two. Its speed is testament to this. Granted, cvs has a whole host of other features and functionality, but in our limited focus of updating to the latest source, cvsup wins. Jon