On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Ben Collins wrote:
> >I hate asking this on top of the work you already provide, but would it
> >be possible to allow rsync access to the repo itself? I have atleast 6
> >computers on my LAN where I keep source trees (2.4 and 2.5), and it
> >would be much less b/w on my metered T1 and on your link aswell if I
> >could rsync one main "mirror" of the cvs repo and then point all my
> >machines at it.
> >
> There is a better tool (for this particular task), called "cvsup". It
> does a wonderful job of keeping cvs repositories in synch. I realize I
> just asked for a THIRD tool, so it should only go in if the admins are
> willing to take care of it.
>
> The idea is that it uses the full duplexity of the channel to get client
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> side information about the repository on that end while downloading
> changes, thus increasing the effective bandwidth. It only falls back to
What does this mean for asymmetric links (ADSL or cable)?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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