Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Jeff Voskamp [MFCF]" <> | Subject | Re: Pruning the tree | Date | Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:13:00 -0400 (EDT) |
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>On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Johnie Stafford wrote: >> >> I think a reduction of over 20% and close to 1.1 MB is a major >> >> difference and certainly worth "the trouble," especially when we think >> >> of the future. What happens when we add more ports. What about porting >> >> to IBM Mainframes! >> >> mh> 1.1 MB is peanuts! we're talking a measly 5 minutes of download, >> >> This assumes that we all have T1 links. It took me about an hour and a >> half to download the new source the other night. > >Then download the patch....... even with a 14.4 modem it will take you on >average not more then 1.5 minutes to download it. > >I really think the idea of putting out the full source only every 5 to 10 >versions is a good one.
On our mirror site we keep full copies of everything less than a month old. If it's older than a month then we keep every fifth one. We keep all the patches online so you can rebuild the interviening ones.
>Mike
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