Re: Not ready for 8.3

David Fetter wrote:
>>
>> My main difficulty was figuring out a workable way to build a local mirror 
>> of the code (so I could get off-line diffs), keep it in sync with the 
>> development tree, while branching out working areas to evaluate patches or 
>> do new development in.  A good example walkthrough of how to do that using 
>> standard tools would be a big help.  Hint:  if you suggest CVsup I'll 
>> smack you.
>>
>>     
> Would you be interested in providing this meat?  You're uniquely
> qualified because your shins still smart from all the things you
> barked them on :)
>
>
>   

For this item at least the work has been done in showing how to set up a 
local mirror using rsync instead of CVSup. It's mentioned in the dev 
version of the docs at 
http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/rsync.html - although 
frankly it would be better to import the information rather than just 
refer to the buildfarm HOWTO.

cheers

andredw