Re: git copies of cvs modules available

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 01:34:54PM -0500, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
 > > ?> the repository. Both also need a special service and protocol for users
 > > ?> that do not have shell access to that host.
 > >
 > > Perhaps this would be the point to note that Mercurial's preferred
 > > remote update service requires only http and a cgi script...
 >
 > that won't forbid the cgi to take huge resources at all... the "git
 > service" is pretty much nothing but a pipe to git-pack-objects (not
 > sure it's that one exactly, but it's the idea).

No, but it's one less service that requires care and feeding, one less
port to deal with in firewall rules, etc., etc., which was the point.

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David A. Holland
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