Re: [htdig-dev] Concerning FTP access / mirroring

[Gilles D. <gr...@sc...>]

According to J. op den Brouw:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Geoff Hutchison wrote:
> > It's something of a disk hog considering you rarely ever revise a 
> > file. When we moved, I basically felt it wasn't such a great idea to 
> > put them in CVS, but we could change if this is what people want.
> 
> It's ideal for reproduction/mirroring. You can use CVS the same
> way as you use it for mirroring the maindocs. Therefor we don't
> need extra software, like mirror or wget.
> 
> It would be nice if Joe's patch site would be available by CVS too....
> 
> But fair is fair, rsync would be the most preferred.....

The drawback to using CVS is that everyone has to use it.  You can't
really have an alternate method of updating the files, otherwise the
repository doesn't get updated.

Another option open to htdig developers is ssh access and the scp command.
Personally I like being able to use scp to copy in any contributed works.
I find this more convenient than the old method of using CVS.  Is there
some way of setting up automatic updating/mirroring using ssh access?

> > So far SourceForge hasn't put a quota on CVS (it's about the only 
> > thing they *haven't* quota'ed. So it's up to the group. If this is a 
> > good idea now that FTP has disappeared, sure.
> 
>  
> > Keep in mind, I still find strange quirks with the CVS on SourceForge 
> > in terms of connectivity. Some of my cron jobs hang because the cvs 
> > command never hangs. (And I don't know how you'd set an alarm in a 
> > shell script.)
> 
> Is there a possibility for a trail period? I'm currently testing new
> ways for mirroring the htdig sites, since we have lost FTP access,
> and a combination of CSV and wget is getting some successfull results.
> Later more on that.

Given the quirks with CVS on SF, I'd be a bit leary about using it, even
for a trial period, because it's sort of an all or nothing proposition.
Mind you, the maindocs updates have been going pretty well now, haven't
they?

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