It uses one gigantic RCS file with markers to distinguish the versions. So if you have 10 updates to a 100 meg file, you get a gig file. So don't ever store iso files in CVS :)
-Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: Dimitris Andreadis > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:59 AM > To: Jason T. Greene; 'jboss-development@lists.sourceforge.net'; Anil > Saldhana > Cc: QA > Subject: RE: [JBoss-dev] Re: repository.jboss.com checkout problem > > > Jason, for every binary file, does it make a new physical file, or is it > one big file with some sort of marking to distinguish the entries? CVS is > really bad with binaries, more so big ones... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason T. Greene > > Sent: 18 March, 2006 08:16 > > To: jboss-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Anil Saldhana > > Cc: QA > > Subject: RE: [JBoss-dev] Re: repository.jboss.com checkout problem > > > > Cvs doesn't actually have a diff algorithm for binary files, > > what it does is store an entire copy for every single change > > and branch point in the same file. > > > > When we move to subversion this problem goes away because it > > uses a binary diff algorithm, reducing storage and network overhead. > > > > -Jason > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:jboss- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Brock > > > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 12:42 PM > > > To: Anil Saldhana > > > Cc: jboss-development; QA > > > Subject: [JBoss-dev] Re: repository.jboss.com checkout problem > > > > > > On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 11:51 -0600, Anil Saldhana wrote: > > > > Adrian Brock wrote: > > > > > > > > >Anybody else having problems checking out from cvs? > > > > > > > > > >It is getting stuck here: > > > > >cvs update: Updating eclipse/sdk/3.1.1 U > > > > >eclipse/sdk/3.1.1/eclipse-SDK-3.1.1-linux-gtk.tar.gz > > > > > > > > > >I tried cancelling it and restarting, but it still gets stuck? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Doesn't CVS do diffs on the server and need to have > > atleast 10 times > > > > RAM the size of the file? > > > > > > It looks like this is correct, it has got past eclipse now. > > > It definitely stalled at one point though, unless 2 hours > > is typical > > > to download eclipse? :-) > > > -- > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Adrian Brock > > > Chief Scientist > > > JBoss Inc. > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > > > language that extends applications into web and mobile > > media. Attend > > > the live webcast and join the prime developer group > > breaking into this > > > new coding territory! > > > > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=1216 > > > 42 _______________________________________________ > > > JBoss-Development mailing list > > > JBoss-Development@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ JBoss-Development mailing list JBoss-Development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
