Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:45:33 -0400 From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/54738: Remove references to branches/ section of FTP site Message-ID: <20030722164533.GB2433@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> In-Reply-To: <20030722163553.GE566@nosferatu.blackend.org> References: <200307221130.h6MBUBww008980@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030722163553.GE566@nosferatu.blackend.org>
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 06:35:53PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > But what about ftp://ftp.jp.FreeBSD.org/ ? They will also stop to > provide direct access to -CURRENT/-STABLE source via FTP? That was the plan, they get it from ftp-master I believe. > Does it mean that CVSweb will be the only way to get some > -CURRENT/-STABLE source files? Yes. We thought that's a better way to get them, it's more functional and doesn't load up the mirror system with tons of small files that change fairly often. This is probably still open to discussion if it's a big problem. Basically our theory was that the stuff on the FTP site had been useful before CVSweb came along but now that it's available the load of carrying the branches/ stuff through the mirror system isn't worth it. If the theory is wrong we might be able to come up with some sort of alternative. -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |
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