Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 22:38:24 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports/ too big? Message-ID: <00021223272001.02765@nomad.dataplex.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002122011480.97914-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002122011480.97914-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > > > > Nobody's forcing you to keep the CVS tree. > > Yes, they (defacto) are. I need access to the recent history in order > > to deal with "bleeding edge" problems. What I don't need is all of the > > ancient history on line. > > Then your particular usage requirements for FreeBSD are incompatible with > People who don't like keeping the revision history around use cvsup and > store nothing but the latest version of the system. People who want > history locally swallow the few extra megabytes of disk space and take the > entire revision history. Few Hundreds of Megabytes! And the only reason they so so is that "you" have not given them any other choice. As for tools to maintain the repository, they already exist. (see rcs) All it will take is a little script to run over the distribution repository and purge as appropriate. Writing the script is MUCH easier than opening your eyes to the idea that there might be a better way. If FreeBSD is ever going to amount to much more than a few "hackers" playing in their sandbox, there is going to have to be a less myopic view of the needs of others. Right now, the prevaling attitude is "I've got mine, to hell with the rest" and "NIH rules" -- Richard Wackerbarth rkw@Dataplex.NET To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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