From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Oct 25 09:56:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA00482 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:56:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA00474 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:56:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA24686; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 19:55:56 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199810251755.TAA24686@gratis.grondar.za> To: Andrew Boothman cc: "FreeBSD-Stable" Subject: Re: CTM Release Generation - (Re: Stable and CTM) In-Reply-To: Your message of " Sun, 25 Oct 1998 17:20:00 GMT." <3.0.5.32.19981025172000.007cf500@ice.cream.org> References: <3.0.5.32.19981024225450.007af190@ice.cream.org> <3.0.5.32.19981025172000.007cf500@ice.cream.org> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 19:55:55 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Andrew Boothman wrote: > At 09:57 25/10/98 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > >> Would it not be better to create an xR delta at the same > >> time as the xEmpty delta then you could upgrade to the -stable code easily > >> by downloading the deltas that then come afterwards as well? > > > >Disk space is a problem. > > OK. As a compromise you could possibly only keep the most recent xR delta, > and delete the previous one. I realise that this goes against how the CTM > system currently works, but it is a good way to get around the disk space > problem. No. The problem is the space to generate, not archive. Multiple copies of the source tree are needed, and a _crapload_ of scratch space. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message