Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 20:39:39 +1700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: terry@lambert.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On the (lack of) reliability of CTM Message-ID: <199511010339.UAA11177@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <v02130506acbc7d0cd0c5@[199.183.109.242]> from "Richard Wackerbarth" at Oct 31, 95 07:34:17 pm
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> At 5:54 PM 10/31/95, Terry Lambert wrote: > >How do I sup the CVS tree? > > I think they are in the process of fixing it so that you simply replace > "release=current" with "release=cvs" in the sup files. At least that is the > logical way to have it set up. > Then someone in power will have to set up your permissions because the cvs > tree is by invitation only. Well, I'm only interested in read-only access for a cvs diff -r tag -c for a tag on my branch vs. -current (the default tag) to automatically generate my diff's for me instead of having to do it by hand with several finds and awk and sed scripts. A CVS merge and/or cvs -n update would reduce my effort immensely, which would in turn make my diffs "fresher" and more likely to be rolled in. > >I thought CTM was the only method, but it loses. > > I too, have noticed frequent lost updates (xxx-cur). What is the weak link > that causes mail to get lost? > > Perhaps we need to add an ftp-by-mail daemon to allow those missing > segments to be remailed. My problem with CTM is that it doesn't do relative inserts instead of replacing parts of the tree. That means rather than a database merge, I get an updated database. The problem with that approach is that it puts me in exactly the same boat as sup'ping -current, since I will lose any locally generated branch tags. Sup'ping cvs actually is only marginally better, and requires me to keep a local branch. Using two staggered tags and a hellacious update with duplicate tree revisions locally, I could *almost* get the same functionality as a local vendor tag from sup'ping cvs. I really need local tag merge/diff. CTM would require a local rewrite to get the same functionality. 8-(. I think if you are losing updates, it's some other problem unrelated to my dislike of certain functional limitations of CTM. I've been using CVS for going on three years now -- it's not like I'm a newby or anything. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199511010339.UAA11177>