>>>> "A" == A J Rossini
<rossini(a)blindglobe.net> writes:
>>>> "apa" == Adrian Aichner
<adrian(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>> "giacomo" == giacomo boffi <giacomo.boffi(a)polimi.it>
writes:
giacomo> Stephen J. Turnbull writes:
>>> >>>>> "giacomo" == giacomo boffi
<giacomo.boffi(a)polimi.it> writes:
>>>
giacomo> what i'd _really_ like would be the option of
giacomo> accessing an _installed_ tree of packages transparently
giacomo> using cvs+emacs
>>>
>>> Would rsync do?
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 :-)
A> But this won't help with having packages INSTALLED IN PLACE,
A> will it? (i.e. I thought you couldn't work right out of a copy
No. We don't have a installed package hierarchy available by rsync or
other means.
A> of a checkout of the packages CVS repository, though I'd be
A> really happy to be wrong :-).
Sorry to disappoint you, but you're right :-)
A> best,
A> -tony
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