[Gllug] Sourceforge CVS

[Nix]

On 17 Jun 2003, Rich Walker mused:
> Ashley Evans <k0210244 at kingston.ac.uk> writes:
>> cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dvbtools login
>> Logging in to :pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:2401/cvsroot/dvbtools
>> CVS password:
>> cvs [login aborted]: recv() from server cvs.sourceforge.net: EOF
>> 
>> I need to get the latest dvbstream and am at hair pulling stage

while ! cvs blah; do sleep 30; done

> I get this sometimes with anon. checkout. AFAICR there are some notes on
> the sourceforge CVS to the effect that anon. checkout may be bumped in
> favour of registered users when the system is busy. Try again in 30
> seconds; if that doesn't work, keep trying.... 

No, that's not what they've done. The anonymous CVS is

1) load-limited; if the load average on the server goes too high it
   drops connections without connecting them to the CVS server

2) on the backup CVS box, so one day behind.

Plus it's deeply irritating.

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