Re: [HACKERS] CVSup

Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>

From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>

To: "Kent S. Gordon" <kgor@inetspace.com>

Cc: scrappy@hub.org, hackers@postgresql.org, Postgres Documentation List <docs@postgresql.org>

Date: 1998-05-01T13:36:47Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

>     >>  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