| From: | "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
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| To: | "Kent S(dot) Gordon" <kgor(at)inetspace(dot)com> |
| Cc: | scrappy(at)hub(dot)org, hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Postgres Documentation List <docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] CVSup |
| Date: | 1998-05-01 13:36:47 |
| Message-ID: | 3549CFEF.225EFDDF@alumni.caltech.edu |
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> >> If you remove the 'tag=.' part of the CVSup config file, you
> >> can pull down the complete CVS repository to your machine to
> >> manipulate as you want to...
> >>
> 1) Remote CVS is a resource pig, especially for large tree. It puts a
> large load on the server. I would guess the load is easily 10x larger
> for remote CVS vs CVSUP. cvs log/diff being local instead of over the
> internet is great for development especially with dialup lines to the
> Internet.
> 2) The ability to have a local copy of the 'official tree' allows for
> some possible ideas to work easier. If one is making local changes
> the 'official tree' could be done as vendor imports into a local tree
> allowing local changes not to be overwritten.
Would someone be interested in collecting CVSup information (at least
partly from the mhonarc archive)? We could/should have a chapter in the
Developer's Guide on this...
- Tom
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