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Michael Krelin wrote: |
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> Reading comparisons is one thing and using is the other. But the thing |
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> is, gentoo ends up with central repository, anyway. Provided the |
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> repository is less ancient than CVS (which is basically subversion), |
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> distributed users can branch it without having to have commit access. |
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> This hybrid model makes much more sense to me than forcing everyone to |
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> use DSCM. I have exercised the approach on overlay before I was granted |
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> commit access and now continue to work the same way pushing my branches |
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> back to svn. I think this possibility totally invalidates the very idea |
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> of DSCM importance. |
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This makes a lot of sense. Since there are people who offer facilities, |
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perhaps a good answer is "Please set up a mirror of our anoncvs as this |
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will enable quicker disaster recovery." That would give redundancy for 98% |
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of the material, as noted, and is easily done. |
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