On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chuck Robey
>writes:
> : That's the precise reason I suggested a system that used no probing, had
> : feedback, and forced shared load in spite of user misconfiguration. Got
> : shouted down.
>
> One reason I think that you've been shouted down (and me too, since I
> had similar ideas) is that people in the past have had problems with
> different cvsup servers being at different points in time and have
> been screwed to som eextent or another by this time skew.
Oh. If that's a problem, it would be a fatal problem (would be for me,
sometimes).
>
> There is a large resistance to automatically switching cvsup servers.
>
> It is my perception that the cvsup servers are much better now than
> they were even 6 months ago (well, cvsup{1,2} do seem to be much more
> heavily used than 6,7,8).
>
>
> Warner
>
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Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | electronics, communications, and signal processing.
New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up
fictitious words in the dictionary.
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