From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 27 04:57:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA20823 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 04:57:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ics.com (ics.com [140.186.40.192]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA20814 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 04:57:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kaleb@ics.com) Received: from kaleb.keithley.belmont.ma.us (pmdialin3.ics.com [140.186.40.177]) by ics.com (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) with ESMTP id HAA02534; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:57:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from kaleb.keithley.belmont.ma.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kaleb.keithley.belmont.ma.us (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA10862; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 09:22:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from kaleb@ics.com) Message-ID: <368642A4.15FB7483@ics.com> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 09:22:28 -0500 From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" Organization: Integrated Computer Solutions X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: split scontrib, was Re: /usr/src/gnu sources References: <199812271239.EAA02589@dingo.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith wrote: > > > > 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. What would I do with a CVS repository besides consume a medium size chunk of disk? At the X Consortium I only used released versions of the operating system's I supported. For what I'm doing now that hasn't changed. > > (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? Now we're going backwards. Instead of a couple hours to ftp it over 28.8 I should order a CD that'll take two or three days to get here. To say nothing of the $30 it's going to take out of my wallet, which I'd rather spend buying engines for my kids' model rockets, or something else that's similarly cool. I don't know about you, but my wallet has a bottom. ;-) And I see it all too often. Buying CDs I'm rarely going to need doesn't seem like an efficient use of my money when I can ftp what I want for free. Look, it was only a suggestion that scontrib be split up to make it a little more user friendly. (Are suggestions not welcome anymore?) Do it or don't -- I don't really care. -- Kaleb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message