Re: [SUGGESTION] CVSync

Joel Miller wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been trying to get a local mirror of the cvs repository, but my
> connection attempts using rsync to cvsup.postgresql.org are always
> refused when I try to actually retrieve the pgsql-cvs collection. I
> tried to use rsync because cvsup is simply not an option for me.
>
> I'd like to suggest that CVSync (www.cvsync.org) be added as a means
> for the public to obtain a local mirror of the cvs repository. It
> builds on most every platform (it's written in C, no modula-3
> required) and has the advantage of caching directory scan info to
> reduce server load -- The cached scan info is sent to the client,
> which compares it to its own cached scan info to decide what to
> download (You can set up a cron job to periodically scan the
> repository directories, or even set up a sophisticated system that
> would only scan after commits are made.). It also sends only the new
> diffs (optionally compressed) from the ",v" files that are needed to
> bring the clients' repository mirror up to date.
>
As a complete out of nowhere suggestion, you might also look
at csup in FreeBSD's CVS (or the project page), which is a cvsup clone
in C.

LER

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