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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: RFC: arch protocol, smart server,
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Stig Brautaset |
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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: RFC: arch protocol, smart server, |
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Fri, 30 Jan 2004 18:48:26 +0000 |
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On Jan 30 2004, Mirian wrote:
> address@hidden (Stig Brautaset) writes:
> >
> > A smart server might have many virtues, but when I started using arch,
> > one of its killer features (to me) was that it _didn't_ require any
> > smart servers. This enabled me to put private backup mirrors anywhere I
> > had an ssh account, without having to pester the admin of the box to
> > install a server and set it up for me.
>
> Absolutely. There's no reason not to preserve that ability. The CVS
> client/server protocol is a case in point; it is implemented so that
> client and server can, if desired, run on the same machine and even be
> the same executable (using the :fork and :local access methods,
> respectively), requiring no additional privilege or administrative
> pestering.
Note that I don't even need arch installed on the server to put a mirror
there -- an ftp account is enough.
Stig
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