Re: package system: questions, suggestions, alien

giacomo> Stephen J. Turnbull writes: giacomo> what i'd _really_ like would be the option of giacomo> accessing an _installed_ tree of packages transparently giacomo> using cvs+emacs giacomo> as i'm a naive user of cvs, i'd happily be a naive user of rsync... giacomo> rsync/cvs difference it's about downloading whole changed files giacomo> instead of diffs, isn't it? giacomo> and would you (xemacs.org, i mean) set up a rsync server? i hope giacomo> so, as it will be a BIG gain for 56k downloaders,,, apa> Hi Giacomo, apa> you'll be glad to hear that the XEmacs CVS repository is already apa> available via rsync, even though we have not documented the fact yet. apa> Try apa> rsync -auvz --delete sunsite.dk::xemacscvs DESTDIR apa> I even maintain a mirror on my Windows laptop, which I update every apa> evening from home, where I have a fast network connection :-) But this won't help with having packages INSTALLED IN PLACE, will it? (i.e. I thought you couldn't work right out of a copy of a checkout of the packages CVS repository, though I'd be really happy to be wrong :-). best, -tony -- A.J. Rossini Rsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics U. of Washington Biostatistics rossini(a)u.washington.edu FHCRC/SCHARP/HIV Vaccine Trials Net rossini(a)scharp.org -------------- http://software.biostat.washington.edu/ ---------------- FHCRC: M-W: 206-667-7025 (fax=4812)|Voicemail is pretty sketchy/use Email UW: Th: 206-543-1044 (fax=3286)|Change last 4 digits of phone to FAX (my friday location is usually completely unpredictable.)