From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 15:37:31 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC557D58 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:37:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-la0-f46.google.com (mail-la0-f46.google.com [209.85.215.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 732B5F26 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:37:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f46.google.com with SMTP id fq13so8108690lab.19 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:37:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=Mwszguh4vY/dhz+Wo1cQrcGYwBitcJXNyvWr8ZDVkOM=; b=mAc200PbtJT3qJFvfRYWU9wYFeelQj1qwMWjQzr6yK0J10Q5UTn1PNWJ4ALabi9a7n 4vZw+RGqwsbF1txUObljI+stAsaheeIj+PVdzRWgTy4vsFBgBwjdM6rTRbkhKxCCK8u6 +iZqEWQUqkK8esoYISap2mSSBApv+TLRj69aI= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=Mwszguh4vY/dhz+Wo1cQrcGYwBitcJXNyvWr8ZDVkOM=; b=DkIrtxR2E5awe5W9edFA/xhXrzBo6cdZ77iupPvepNqTgwthVc561brrLK9yIFj11w mMuGObCO3s+UqvtbUAFdKX2QA4UltgJwOm8XmSWH99jHBF97E9v12qQuYMToU8AjJzrl 6KRJG2EYO3/c/lTKG6odOu3UZWT17lEGTpPsleV+tFJL9gHfpprJejCGSJX0NaWdXcoa avOrlmrkb7jWhNqTgNUhehbC3ivd8XnZddaexrF6oUV0ExHZ8qpIUpfQb1g4XQt4N7DD CtW28OWiBDrjlUk1mV0C/3wVlqYd866DfL+vg/9rhYfh8tqfBw8kOG3S+Hgy3csXEX3l C5pw== Received: by 10.112.102.5 with SMTP id fk5mr20362915lbb.31.1357227449854; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:37:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.75.200 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 07:36:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50E533F1.5020006@FreeBSD.org> References: <50E1D012.1040004@missouri.edu> <20121231175808.GA1399@glenbarber.us> <6817fb4c15659b194cc658b1dfa58a31.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <148920333.20121231235441@takeda.tk> <50E3444D.1060307@mu.org> <6794891ed487f426d2c5d0108648f1e0.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <20130102123148.1f493d00@X220.ovitrap.com> <50E45A03.9080600@FreeBSD.org> <20130103075037.130afa18@X220.ovitrap.com> <50E533F1.5020006@FreeBSD.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:36:59 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Does / Is anyone maintaining CVS for FreeBSD? To: Matthias Andree Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnmfjkm2ffI2IXjomDCSWzcikMBEx5Vtmc8Xp8r2DgJDoxGldpoMAkIf++cyceY7ZpuIXWl Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Erich Dollansky X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:37:32 -0000 On 3 January 2013 02:32, Matthias Andree wrote: > Please do not quote addresses. Not all web archives and copies hide > them properly. Hiding email addresses is useless for spam control. Obfuscating them makes it harder to follow a conversation. > Regarding versions, please read the relevant information: > the relevant decision was made years ago, and the version number you > slap at the switch is a moot point. CVS/SVN should be considered a development tool. Users should not see the impact of the switch. In theory. > A "long list [of sites] for CVS" is required to overcome load problems. ... > Updates are much > quicker IMO than they ever were with CVS, even with a local c[v]sup copy > of the CVS sources on the same computer. There are latency issues with svn servers only in the US. There is work underway to obtain more mirrors outside the US. -- Eitan Adler