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Date:      Thu, 25 Jul 1996 12:50:03 +1000 (EST)
From:      Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net>
To:        scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier)
Cc:        nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: anoncvs
Message-ID:  <199607250250.MAA28732@suburbia.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.94.960724180019.28155N-100000@ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Jul 24, 96 06:01:11 pm

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> On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Nate Williams wrote:
> 
> > [ Anon CVS ]> >
> > > 	I've had users ask me fo rthis for the postgres95 repository,
> > > and the argument they used was tha twith CVS, they don't have to deal
> > > with having *(their* changes overwritten, cvs will merge the new changes
> > > from the repository in with the changes they have made...
> > > 
> > > 	Can sup do this?
> > 
> > If they SUP the CVS tree and don't expect to use the CVS tree locally
> > except for testingt, yes.  Almost all of the FreeeBSD developers do this
> > exact thing as your pstgres developers are asking.
> 
> 	Ahhh, okay, now I understand wha tyuo mean...yes, to me thi sdoes
> act as an acceptable solution to anoncvs, thanks :)
> 
> Marc G. Fournier                                  scrappy@ki.net
> Systems Administrator @ ki.net               scrappy@freebsd.org

Suping the CVS tree sounds like a an expnseive proposition, in terms of
bandwidth and drive space. Rsyncing the CVS tree I would be
acceptable in terms of on-going bandwidth, but doesn't address the other
issues.

-- 
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 may be the most  oppressive.  It may be better to live under  robber barons  
 than  under  omnipotent  moral busybodies,  The robber baron's  cruelty may  
 sometimes sleep,  his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who  
 torment us for own good  will torment us  without end,  for they do so with 
 the approval of their own conscience."    -   C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_ 
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