[boost] Status of CVS problems

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-25 10:06:17

Here is a quote from the monthly SourceForge newsletter:

 >As you may have noticed, CVS is visibly having growing pains.  Due to
 >system load, we have had to move anonymous checkouts to our backup
 >server.  This has made the code of our 65,000 projects more
 >accessible.  However, since data is synchronized from the primary
 >CVS servers to the backup CVS servers at specific times during the day,
 >it has also caused up to a 24 hour delay in getting the
 >freshest code on the site.
 >
 >I know this temporary solution has frustrated some of you and I want
 >to apologize for that.
 >
 >The good news is, in the very short term, we will have a solution
 >that will solve this issue.  We are upgrading our hardware from one
 >aging system to six new speedy boxes; this hardware is a portion of the
 >new CVS infrastructure that we are implementing to improve CVS
 >performance and reliability.
 >
 >The solution will be in place by the time I write you next month.
 >You'll know when we make the change.  It will be hard to miss.  In the
 >mean time, hang in there.  I know it's frustrating, but help is on the
 >way.

Hopefully then the CVS access problems will clear in the next 30 days or 
so.

--Beman