Re: [edgebsd-developers] [esr@xxxxxxxxxxx: cvs-fast-export can now convert the NetBSD repo]

[Jeff Rizzo <riz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm currently a couple hours in on a conversion using this.  We'll see 
how it goes.  I'm not confident it'll be much better than the joerg 
conversion.

+j

On 10/23/14 2:25 PM, Kooda wrote:
> This might help us a lot!
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@xxxxxxxxxxx> -----
>
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:12:20 -0400
> From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Kooda <kooda@xxxxxxxxx>, Johan Herland <johan@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Alan Barrett <apb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: cvs-fast-export can now convert the NetBSD repo
> Delivered-To: kooda@xxxxxxxxx
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)
>
> I bring to your attention the following series of blog posts:
>
> Spending the âHelp Stamp Out CVS In Your Lifetimeâ fund
>        http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6389
>
> Black magic and the Great Beast
>        http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6406
>
> Building the perfect beast
>        http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6454
>
> Proving the Great Beast concept
>        http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6466
>
> The short version is: a high-quality conversion of the biggest NetBSD
> repo is now technically possible. A combination of successful software
> optimizations in cvs-fast-export and throwing hardware at the problem
> has borne fruit.
>
> Now we need to do the politics.  Is NetBSD ready for an official cutover?
> If so, how are we going to schedule this?
>
> There's no time pressure on my end; the Great Beast probably won't go live
> for another month.  In the meantime I have temporary ssh access to a
> machine almost as powerful for test runs.