Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:08:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why is the STABLE branch not so stable anymore? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0106112306170.32911-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20010612122757.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
>
> On 12-Jun-2001 Chris BeHanna wrote:
> > Suggestion: committers hold off on commits for 30 minutes before
> > and after midnight UTC, so that those who track stable can grab the
> > tree as of midnight each night knowing that they didn't do so in the
> > middle of a large commit.
>
> Except that only works if a) you grab the sources around UTC midnight,
You can tell cvsup to use a particular timestamp, no?
(e.g., 2001.06.11.23.59.59)
> and b) the cvsup mirror (you are using a close mirror right :) has
> updated recently...
One can wait for the update and still grab the appropriate
snapshot via using a timestamp with cvsup or anoncvs.
(Yes, I use a close mirror--whenever a new one is announced, I run
a testmirrors script and use whomever is the fewest hops away. :-)
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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