Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom silver branch

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

"Bill Page" <address@hidden> writes:

| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: address@hidden 
| > [mailto:address@hidden 
| > Sent: April 9, 2006 2:07 PM
| > To: Bill Page
| > Cc: 'Frederic Lehobey'; 'Axiom developers'
| > Subject: Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom silver branch
| > 
| > 
| > 
| > Hello,
| > 
| >   I'm sorry to hear people have had trouble checking out the SVN
| > tree. When I ried check out, it was from a hotel where the
| > connection was very poor but I did not have problems checking
| > out several copy and variants of the source tree. I'm still not
| > in a place where I can do much right now.  But, I'm collecting
| > all the suggestions here.
| >
| 
| I don't know that the problem is with downloading the archive
| using SVN on Windows and some linux platforms. It might be
| network configuration related but it is also SVS specific since
| I can download successfully using CVS on SourceForge through
| the same machine and network connection. I hope this is something
| that is corrected in newer versions of SVN. 

I looked at the problem.  I believe the problem creped in when the
conversion from CVS to SVN was done -- though I need more
investigation.  I'm currently at a place where I cannot work (I can 
read mails for about 15min a day).  I'll be at working place next week.

| Concerning storing binary files in the Axiom CVS and SVN archives
| I think we should at least make it work correctly as it is before
| we consider removing the binary files from the archive since if
| the parameters are set correctly, this is supposed to work. After
| it is working properly as is, we can then consider changing it to
| eliminated the binary files for philosophical and efficiency
| reasons.

I agree.

| In the SourceForge Axiom CVS archive I have set the binary mode
| for all the *.tgz files in the zips directory using the command:
| 
| cvs admin -kb
| 
| as described here:
| 
| http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Programming/change_management/unix_cvs/PRO
| GRAMMING_Working_with_Binary_Files.shtml
| 
| I have also requested a 'refresh' of the SourceForge Axiom SVN
| from CVS, so that should correct the binary files problem and
| permit Axiom to be build from the SVN archive.

Thanks!

| According to
| SourceForge this might take 2 or 3 hours to complete. (Is SVN
| really that slow?)

yes, it is that fast, when you mind about the history of the commits
and such.... 

-- Gaby