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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev]  Re: Re: Gentoo infra backups
From:       Michael Krelin <gentoodoo () klever ! net>
Date:       2007-03-29 12:06:06
Message-ID: 460BABAE.4060404 () klever ! net
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>> Reading comparisons is one thing and using is the other. But the thing
>> is, gentoo ends up with central repository, anyway. Provided the
>> repository is less ancient than CVS (which is basically subversion),
>> distributed users can branch it without having to have commit access.
>> This hybrid model makes much more sense to me than forcing everyone to
>> use DSCM. I have exercised the approach on overlay before I was granted
>> commit access and now continue to work the same way pushing my branches
>> back to svn. I think this possibility totally invalidates the very idea
>> of DSCM importance.
>>
> This makes a lot of sense. Since there are people who offer facilities,
> perhaps a good answer is "Please set up a mirror of our anoncvs as this
> will enable quicker disaster recovery." That would give redundancy for 98%
> of the material, as noted, and is easily done.

Just a few notes. I wasn't even talking of mirroring stuff, but if we
mention that, it worth noting that there has to be a central repository
otherwise it's not clear what to mirror ;-) Also, unfortunately, the
scenario described, iirc, doesn't work for CVS, but works well for
subversion, which seems to be the most viable alternative to CVS and in
my opinion suits the nature of tree very well, because of preserving
history across copies (that is, e.g. `svn cp ebuild-0.ebuild
ebuild-1.ebuild`).


Love,
H
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