From owner-freebsd-current Wed Sep 4 23:44:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA26033 for current-outgoing; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:44:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA26023 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:44:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA03865; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 21:17:00 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 21:17:00 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199609050317.VAA03865@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth), Nate Williams , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Latest Current build failure In-Reply-To: <5412.841891920@time.cdrom.com> References: <5412.841891920@time.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > In case someone else should want to try this, I can only offer this > advice: Design and build a prototype, show it off to everyone, we'll > go from there. Case in point. SUP is a 'good' distribution tool. However, we all admit that it had flaws. Enter John Polstra. Following the *exact* procedure above, he implemented CVSup, tested it, and then presented it to Jordan and a few other developers. Jaws dropped. CVSup *worked* (mostly). More debug time, bugs fixed, time elapsed and now CVSup is the 'preferred' distribution mechanism for developers, not because John convinced everyone how bad SUP was (we all know it's problems), but how much *better* CVSup was. John Polstra for president, John Polstra is a minor-deity. :) Nate