From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 4 01:32:58 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5096D6D6 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 01:32:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@missouri.edu) Received: from wilberforce.math.missouri.edu (wilberforce.math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A381F4 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 01:32:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (wilberforce.math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.213]) by wilberforce.math.missouri.edu (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r041Wp7g053264 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 19:32:51 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from stephen@missouri.edu) Message-ID: <50E63143.7010704@missouri.edu> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:32:51 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does / Is anyone maintaining CVS for FreeBSD? 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> <20130104082034.041abecc@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20130104082034.041abecc@X220.ovitrap.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:32:58 -0000 On 01/03/2013 07:20 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > So, why not wait until some more mirrors are available? > > One other problem people in 'developed' nations do not see exists. If - > like me - you are located on a very remote location with a more or less > random Internet connection, many servers become very impatient with the > user and cut the connection as their values for time outs are simply > too low. There is a delivery method called "CTM" which originally meant "CVSUP through Mail." It was originally meant for people with slow connections, but now it is mainly used by a few people because they are behind very strict firewalls that don't allow them access to the outside world except email. BUT for people who have bad internet connections, may I commend it as a method of getting updates for FreeBSD. I have recently upgraded it to include updates for the svn repositories. Yes, you will need to have a working svn on your system. And you will have to apply a patch to the existing ctm program to make it work (ctm is in the base system). But this has been working for several weeks now, and I think it is getting to the point where it is stable.