Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:39:16 +1100 From: "Jan Mikkelsen" <janm@transactionware.com> To: "'Nate Williams'" <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: "'Terry Lambert'" <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, "'Sean Chittenden'" <sean@chittenden.org>, "'Sergey Babkin'" <babkin@bellatlantic.net>, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: making CVS more convenient Message-ID: <003901c2ec15$4243c080$fc5807ca@mosm1> In-Reply-To: <15989.2464.921797.617183@emerger.yogotech.com>
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Nate Williams wrote: > > The current version of Perforce has "p4proxy" which caches > a local copy > > of the depot files used. > > Does it still require a working net link to the master > repository? When > it was originally released, I remember it being useful for slow links, > but not so good on non-existant links (ie; airplane rides, etc..) Yes, it still requires a working link. Perforce depends on being able to keep its database of client state up to date. > > What is the status of Perforce in the FreeBSD project? > > See the archives for a more thorough discussion, but I believe the > licensing is the biggest issue. If we moved to use > commercial software, > it would make our development much more difficult for the average > developer to track our progress. I'll take a look. Presumably something like a "p4up" could get around that. Regards, Jan. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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