From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 09:45:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E25AA37B401; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:45:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7D4843F85; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:45:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (kensmith@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h6MGjXbr003074; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:45:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h6MGjXug003073; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:45:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:45:33 -0400 From: Ken Smith To: Marc Fonvieille Message-ID: <20030722164533.GB2433@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <200307221130.h6MBUBww008980@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030722163553.GE566@nosferatu.blackend.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030722163553.GE566@nosferatu.blackend.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org cc: Ken Smith cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/54738: Remove references to branches/ section of FTP site X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:45:35 -0000 On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 06:35:53PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > But what about ftp://ftp.jp.FreeBSD.org/ ? They will also stop to > provide direct access to -CURRENT/-STABLE source via FTP? That was the plan, they get it from ftp-master I believe. > Does it mean that CVSweb will be the only way to get some > -CURRENT/-STABLE source files? Yes. We thought that's a better way to get them, it's more functional and doesn't load up the mirror system with tons of small files that change fairly often. This is probably still open to discussion if it's a big problem. Basically our theory was that the stuff on the FTP site had been useful before CVSweb came along but now that it's available the load of carrying the branches/ stuff through the mirror system isn't worth it. If the theory is wrong we might be able to come up with some sort of alternative. -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |