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Re: Number of 3.3 hi-pri PRs going up
On Tuesday 25 February 2003 11:48 am, Janis Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 08:56:53AM -0600, Michael S. Zick wrote:
> > On Friday 21 February 2003 12:39 pm, Janis Johnson wrote:
> > > My scripts work just fine with a range of a couple of years. I use a
> > > local rsync copy of the CVS repository, and if a CVS update fails I
> > > blow away the tree and start over.
> >
> > Getting that initial rsync copy is the real killer here.
> >
> > Is it possible to burn a copy of the CVS repository on CD's once
> > every month (or two, or three, or...)?
> > Then post where the CD-ROM's can be purchased.
> > Perhaps one of the GCC based vendors could do that for
> > the project as a step towards getting more regression hunting /
> > bug fixing underway.
>
> I doubt that there would be much of a demand for those CDs, but perhaps
> some kind person will offer to make you one so you can help hunt for
> regressions; unfortunately I can't do that.
>
> Janis
Understood.
If the demand is very low - perhaps I could do that for anyone interested.
The people interested would ones (such as myself) that have a low-speed
Inet connection and need a way to get the initial copy.
My plan would be:
1) Get a rsync copy working / staying in sync.
2) Do a "monthly burn" of the data - keep a recent images on disk
3) Announce somewhere (gcc announce?) how to contact me for
a copy (I think it is growing to 2-cds worth by now).
4) If Janis could get all of his regression hunting scripts into contrib,
then everything would be on the cds.
5) If demand ever gets to be more than I can handle, then this plan
can be reconsidered.
How does that sound?
Mike