If space is an issue, you might consider an "artifact-less" repository using the packager resolver, where the ivy.xml and packager.xml files are stored in CVS but the actual artifacts are stored elsewhere on a separate server as plain files.
-Archie On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > That is a good point on the size. They will not reach no more than 500MB > across their projects initially; however, that could grow quite a bit. > > There are several reasons. The CVS server is existing, has all the user > accounts setup, provides security/control over who can add to the repository > and is being backed up nightly. Again, if I had my way, I would use Archiva > or Artifactory, but I am concerned with pitching a process change that > introduces another product with maintenance and support required. > > Mike > > > ________________________________ > > From: Tim Brown [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tue 4/27/2010 6:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CVS Resolver > > > > Haven't seen this before -- and I'd be wary of putting an Ivy repository > into CVS. > > I can't speak for others, but we're generating a good 100GB of binaries > with > each release (yes, we're a really big stack). CVS' handling of binary > files > isn't great, and you're going to create a really large CVS repository > quickly. > > Why do you want to put binaries into CVS? > > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am looking to pitch Ivy for DM on a project; however, one of the > > obstacles I came across was getting an interface to install to and > resolve > > from a CVS-based repository. Has anyone tried this before? I am looking > for > > some direction and could not find much on the web. > > > > We have looked at archiva and artifactory as a replacement option for a > cvs > > repo, but we fear that it will hurt our position, where using the > existing > > cvs setup would strengthen it. > > > > We are using extssh for our connection to cvs and thought of potentially > > extending the ssh resolver for this purpose. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Michael > > > > > > > -- Archie L. Cobbs
