Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:38:03 +0200 From: Stas Verberkt <legolas@legolasweb.nl> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What replaces csup? Message-ID: <1523325d8fb5fd1f4926af2315e70e1a@homey.local> In-Reply-To: <86wqzrfhhe.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <D97788AE24B7FFB0C79AA6FB@localhost> <k38bct$ang$1@ger.gmane.org> <780066C6E2FAB67A997876B7@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <20567.50041.903201.979498@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1209172102400.26215@wonkity.com> <75ca1e92e2a51857615e193434898bf5@homey.local> <CAHu1Y70vLTQaGLQd_S65cyQe6RErgXJg2iy9VUDr9z6xXKwqyQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120918081624.173ea6e1@scorpio> <21e99057b51b3078055dc9f2626bd0bc@homey.local> <86wqzrfhhe.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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merlyn@stonehenge.com schreef op : >>>>>> "Stas" == Stas Verberkt <legolas@legolasweb.nl> writes: > > Stas> On a side note, using Git does mean that everyone has to > download a complete > Stas> repository. This makes using a csup-like architecture quite > Stas> "heavy-weight". > > The entire history of the Linux kernel since switching to git 5 years > ago is stored in a repo that is *less than half the size* of a single > current checkout. > > The entire history of the XFree86 project ended up being a repo that > was > only 2-3 times the size of the current checkout. > > Seriously, don't be afraid of git simply because "it has all the > history". SVN is already worse because it has a single local backup > copy for every live file, 2x right there. > I may have been influenced here by the fact that, in KDE, the size became a problem, due to the large amounts of binary content in the repositories (artwork), which is, of course, not the case for FreeBSD.
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