Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 04:39:05 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@ics.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: split scontrib, was Re: /usr/src/gnu sources Message-ID: <199812271239.EAA02589@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:58:30 EST." <36863D06.794BDF32@ics.com>
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> > Typical source-observation procedure is to maintain a local copy of the > > CVS repository, these days using CVSup which keeps your bandwidth > > consumption way down. Then you just check out the bits that are > > relevant to whatever you're doing. > > I see. No, I don't "track the repository," nor am I likely to. I keep my > bandwidth consumption down by only ftp-ing the sources I need, when I > need them, and by only running released versions of the OS. I can't offer any really convincing numbers, but I think you'd be surprised at how cost-effective CVSup actually is. > (If I wanted bleeding-edge pain, I'd develop for released versions of > Linux.) Ouch. If you only want the sources for released FreeSBD versions, do you have the CDROMs? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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