-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Giovanni Bajo wrote: [...] >>- time to do an update on mainline/branch > > > When updating, cvs/svn first try to find out what needs to be updated (in > rough > terms) and then start downloading the updates. The latter part (download) is > obviously the same, as they both download compressed delta over the network. > The former part is many times faster in svn, and takes the same time on > branches or mailine (while CVS was much slower in the branch) You'll find out > that, after you type "svn up", it'll start downloading the first file *much > faster* than it used to do with cvs, especially on a branch.
I think we ought to remember here that there is a local CVS patch on sources.redhat.com/gcc.gnu.org that makes updates from mainline far faster than on a branch. I think it was written by Ian Lance Taylor. (Search the overseers mailing list for more information.) Thanks, Ranjit. - -- Ranjit Mathew Email: rmathew AT gmail DOT com Bangalore, INDIA. Web: http://ranjitmathew.hostingzero.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDV3/tYb1hx2wRS48RAtEyAJ94bNkI25Du/JK/wgDBUqkEs63s+wCcDf9E k3EGW3djQ9ET1krSEJ0M/Nw= =CRo/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
