The cvsup exporter is dead, Long live cvsup!

[Peter Wemm]

On Tuesday 27 May 2014 16:39:34 Chris Timmons wrote:
> I've taken down cvsup.freebsd.org.  Could a DNS admin remove the CNAME
> pointing into our network?
> 
>  	cvsup.freebsd.org is an alias for bsn0-0.edmz.cwu.edu.

I'll take care of this right now, thanks for the heads-up!

> Regards,
> -c
> 
> On Mon, 26 May 2014, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > Folks..
> > 
> > On May 21st, while trying to tidy up loose ends over the expiration of
> > RELENG_8_3, I discovered that the exporter was corrupted again.
> > 
> > I glanced back at the previously published milestones for the EOL of the
> > cvsup export process and they're *all* behind us.
> > 
> > We said it would continue on a "best effort basis until 9.0-RELEASE, 8.3-
> > RELEASE, 7.4-RELEASE are no longer supported".  These are all expired.
> > 
> > When I discovered that the exporter staging areas were damaged, I added
> > the
> > usual markers to the cvs files and let them be distributed.  Nobody said
> > anything that I'm aware of.
> > 
> > Therefore, I am intending to not fix it.  While it could be fixed (again),
> > I feel it is time to put it to rest.  The temporary transition aid lasted
> > 5 years longer than I imagined.
> > 
> > I'll post a -announce message shortly.  I archived the last changes to the
> > exporter on ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/development/CVS-archive (they'll
> > be visible soon), and will be disconnecting the machinery by May 31st.
> > 
> > We provide daily updates for source and ports tarballs for every branch on
> > ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/development/tarballs/ so there's a way in
> > from
> > the cold for even ancient branches.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On a related note:  reminder: if you are mirroring www.freebsd.org via
> > cvsup, please stop.  See the instructions in the mail I sent a few days
> > ago about how to obtain it via rsync.
> 
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