FYI, svn is much better about this. It does not distinguish between txt and binary (i.e. it does not rewrite CR/LF) and uses a binary diff algorithm
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.forcvs.binary-and-trans.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thomas Diesler Web Service Lead JBoss Inc. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Jason T. Greene >Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 20:04 >To: Dimitris Andreadis; >jboss-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Anil Saldhana >Cc: QA >Subject: RE: [JBoss-dev] Re: repository.jboss.com checkout problem > >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=k&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 >_______________________________________________ >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
