Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 03:19:56 +0000 From: "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" <stephen@missouri.edu> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: "ctm-users@freebsd.org" <ctm-users@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Warning of interuption to CTM update service: Message-ID: <3c5ef714-236b-6e3a-a705-739d46bc25b8@missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <202012240246.0BO2kaIf044962@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <202012240246.0BO2kaIf044962@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On 12/23/20 8:46 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > WARNING: This message has originated from an External Source. This may be a phishing expedition that can result in unauthorized access to our IT System. Please use proper judgment and caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding to this email. > > Hi, Reference: >> From: "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" <stephen@missouri.edu> >> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 20:56:00 +0000 > > "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" wrote: >> On 12/20/20 10:52 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >> >>> Hi ctm-users@freebsd.org, >>> >>> Warning of interuption to CTM update service: >>> >>> http://freebsd.org are about to abandon use of SVN, & move to Git. >>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/git >>> >>> Apparently FreeBSD ports will continue to use Svn for some while. >>> >>> http://ctm.berklix.org extracts FreeBSD sources using SVN, >>> before using CTM to send updates for source trees >>> src-4 src-5 src-6 src-7 src-8 src-9 src-10 src-11 src-12 >>> src-cur ports-cur svn-cur >>> >>> So as a first step on ctm.berklix.org I have run pkg install git >>> >>> Thanks to Gary J cc'd for the alert. >> >> As maintainer of CTM, I don't intend to keep up maintenance from >> subversion to git. The number of users of CTM is small, and I don't >> think it is worth the manpower. >> >> Obviously if someone else wishes to take over, they are most welcome. >> I'm willing to answer questions and help out some. >> >> Stephen > > Thanks for all your past work Stephen! > I believe in the push model of CTM, great for everyone with > intermittent, slow, or expensive when mobile net access etc. (eg > dark side of the moon ;-), or laptop on trains, offices behind other > companies firewalls etc) > > I would do more, beyond hosting & mail lists, what's stopped me > before is A) you ran it fine B) opacity: similarity of crontab > script names do-A do-B do-C & multiplicity of enormous trees. A > guide would be useful. I'm not clear which if all the trees on the > server are used by your scripts or if some tree are ones I created > & could prune. > > Can I put your crontab & scripts up read only under http://ctm.berklix.org > along with 1 or more du lists, as 1st stage to me & others understanding > with your advice how it works, before we try modifying svn commands > to git. I would omit secret generator keys to avoid later spoofing > of the feed ? > > Others helping would be welcome, especially re. git commands, nice > if conversion work & knowledge is shared. > > Cheers, > All the code I wrote on berklix is totally open source as far as I am concerned. Post it as you like.help
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