RE: [elj-win32-dev] RE: [gobo-eiffel-develop] Gobo-izing the Clas s Struggle

[Monks, P. <pm...@vi...>]

G'day!

I don't know who wrote this (Sven didn't mention it when he on-posted
it to the ELJ developers list):

> I think it's a good idea for the Class Struggle to encourage the Open
> Source model, but some people might object to hanging their code onto
> sourceforge or other CVS repository. 
> 
> For example, if I have low-grade access to the Internet (slow-dem
> dialup or even better, public library kiosks) this could completely 
> eliminate my participation.

...but I thought I'd reassure them about CVS over dial-up.

I access the ELJ SourceForge repository via dial-up all the time, and
it works fine for me.  Typical CVS update operations for the entire
repository take no more than five minutes or so on a 46.6Kb dialup
(and I'm located in Australia, not the US).  Commits are usually much
faster, although that's probably because I'm only working on a limited
set of files.

I'm also acccessing SourceForge via an SSH client (which is noticably
slower than pserver access), and the ELJ repository now contains over
1000 files!

I should mention that I initially populated my local workspace while
on a corporate network, so YMMV if you attempt to do a full population
via dial-up.

Anyway this is just my $0.02 worth - I initially didn't think
SourceForge access via dial-up would be practical either, but I've
been very pleasantly surprised.  Being able to develop on any Internet
connected machine is also great - no more floppy disk shuffling.

Cheers,
Peter

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