Tar with CVS now available

[Mike Stump]

> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 13:09:09 -0700
> From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
> To: Jamie Lokier <egcs@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>

> On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 04:19:33PM +0200, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> > It's not about firewalls -- it's about modems.  Modems that are slow and
> > drop the line occasionally.

> CVSup is even faster thru modems than rsync.
> CVSup can also work thru a SOCKS firewall.

I found CVSup impossible to use.  I'm fairly bright, been doing net
software for decades.  Willing to hammer most problems myself, I gave
up on CVSup.  rsync was a walk in the park in comparison, three
standard commands that we all know and love, done.  CVSup... way too
difficult.