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Subject: Re: Tree tagging imminent for 2.1.5-RELEASE! 
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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 00:40:33 +0800
From: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.DIALix.COM>
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The tree tag has finished, about 20 minutes ago....  (~9AM freefall time).

Cheers,
-Peter

Peter Wemm wrote:
> As with the previous releases, there is a complete source tree 'cvs rtag' 
> due soon, to mark the exact point that the release was built from on the 
> -stable branch.
> 
> The cvs tag will be RELENG_2_1_5_RELEASE.
> 
> This has serious implications for the people getting a copy of the cvs 
> tree via sup.  The two plain-source trees will be unaffected though.
> 
> The tag process modifies every single file under the src/ area, so sup 
> will re-transmit *THE WHOLE FILE!*.  CTM is not so badly affected, but it 
> will be sending a large-ish delta out, from memory of the 2.1R tagging it 
> should be between 10 and 15 parts (about 1 to 1.5MB).
> 
> This is probably going to put a fair degree of strain on the sup servers, 
> so if you have difficulty connecting or getting a complete transfer, 
> please give it some time to settle down and get over the hump.  Your 
> patience will be appreciated.
> 
> If you have a relatively up-to-date cvs tree that you get by sup, you may 
> want to do an update *now* to get up to date before the servers get hit 
> with the load.
> 
> -Peter
> (PS: watch the followup CC: list!)