Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 19:55:55 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Andrew Boothman <andrew@sour.cream.org> Cc: "FreeBSD-Stable" <FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CTM Release Generation - (Re: Stable and CTM) Message-ID: <199810251755.TAA24686@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of " Sun, 25 Oct 1998 17:20:00 GMT." <3.0.5.32.19981025172000.007cf500@ice.cream.org> References: <Your message of " Sat, 24 Oct 1998 22:54:50 %2B0100." <3.0.5.32.19981024225450.007af190@ice.cream.org><3.0.5.32.19981024225450.007af190@ice.cream.org> <3.0.5.32.19981025172000.007cf500@ice.cream.org>
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Andrew Boothman wrote: > At 09:57 25/10/98 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > >> Would it not be better to create an xR<CurrentRelease> delta at the same > >> time as the xEmpty delta then you could upgrade to the -stable code easily > >> by downloading the deltas that then come afterwards as well? > > > >Disk space is a problem. > > OK. As a compromise you could possibly only keep the most recent xR delta, > and delete the previous one. I realise that this goes against how the CTM > system currently works, but it is a good way to get around the disk space > problem. No. The problem is the space to generate, not archive. Multiple copies of the source tree are needed, and a _crapload_ of scratch space. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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