> > Downloading a tarball means you have to know how to set up a CVS > > repository, which most CVS users never need to do these days. (It's > > easy, but I probably wouldn't be able to do it myself without having > > to study the manual for 15 minutes, and I've done it before!) > > > > Downloading a tarball also means that each time you want to get a > > newer version, you have to redo the steps to set up the repository. > > Hmm, I was thinking of the tarball that you get by doing a clean > checkout and then zipping everything up. I believe that's what > Martin is doing. Right, and so is http://cvs.perl.org/snapshots/python/python/. Only SF itself is making tarballs of the CVS *repository* available (as you mention below). If these files aren't mirrorred somewhere, we really should -- SF says "please ensure your project has established a backup plan" in the same paragraph where it gives the tarball link. > > Using a CVS mirror based on the tarballs means that only the mirror > > administrator has to do that, and other users can simply hook up to > > the mirror and use "cvs update" like they are used to. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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