Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 20:58:19 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/ports/ too big? Message-ID: <00021221204202.02429@nomad.dataplex.net> In-Reply-To: <20000212184249.D42371@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20000209215806.M99353@abc.123.org> <20000212161556.D51878@shale.csir.co.za> <20000212184249.D42371@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 04:15:56PM -0800, Jeremy Lea wrote: > > How well does CVS handle ar files? > > It doesn't. ar files are binary, binary files cannot be put into our CVS > archive. Instead we would have to uuencode them. They don't have to be! You could just as well use `shar`. It is isomorphic and not encoded. > > Remember, people need to maintain these, and we do that through CVS. > > We *really* do not want to move away from a central port's repository. > > Agreed. I never saw any disagreement on that point. A central repository is a "must". > At this point I think Richard is trying to solve something that > no one else finds an issue. What he has mentioned so far seems to be a > special need of his. I don't think I'm alone. Others have complained about the working size of the ports collection in terms of both inodes and bytes. I have also encountered the complaints that FreeBSD is getting too big for some of the "mirror" sites. The CTM generator is slowly grinding to a halt under the ever-increasing burden. Perhaps, those problems are insignificant to you because "we" have managed to scrounge enough resources to keep up the public facade. But, I assure you that you cannot avoid it forever. Unless you address infrastructure problems, the system will eventually "break" under its own weight. -- Richard Wackerbarth rkw@Dataplex.NET To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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