On Wed 19 Feb 2003 (10:15 +0000), Joern Thyssen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:03:51AM +0100, Holger wrote
> > Is it possible to obtain a copy of the entire CVS for GNUbg? How big
is it
> > at the moment?
>
> I reckon it would be quite large. The file in CVS (typically) holds the
> original file plus all the deltas. For example, the ChangeLog file has
> approximately 1000 deltas.
>
> My estimate would be at least twice the size of the checked out files.
>
> > My motivation is that I don't have a flatrate at home and thus cannot
just
> > have a look online when I want to. I think that the CVS is actually
also a
> > good source in order to see which things belong together, and what one
> > needs to do e.g. for adding a new menu entry. So I'd set up a local CVS
> > server and be able to browse the changes to my liking.
>
> I've never tried it. Try googling with "cvs mirror".
>
> <URL:http://www.cvsup.org/> seems interesting.
If savannah.gnu.org supports it (I haven't investigated), then cvsup
is the way to do things.