Looks like I'll mostly be documenting the opl-dev project stuff here. And why not, it's good to be able to write some of this stuff down.
I've just been playing around with CVS, getting the opl-dev source code up onto SouceForge.net. The process is well documented, and looks like a muppet could do it. But what's not explained is the speed. Or rather, the lack of it.
I typed the bourne shell runes to get the import started, and waited for the list of shiny new source files to appear. And waited. And waited. Thought about doing the washing up. Did the washing up. Still no feedback, no file list. Thought about taking the dog for a walk. But that would have involved finding a pet shop open on a Sunday, somewhere to actually buy a dog. Seemed a bit over the top.
And then, miracle! Lots of lovely filenames appearing, and shed loads of files in the CVS repository, and -- damn it -- a server aborted, broken pipe message. But it's cool, didn't impact the transfer, so it's arrived safe and sound. Of course, the next thing to do is get it all out again, make sure it hasn't been munged as it winged its way across the Atlantic. Nope, it's all there. Phew!
Time for some fresh air, I've been cooped up in my dining room for the past two days. Hmm, maybe I will get a dog after all...
Peeve of the day: getting a 'new mail' purr from my iBook, then checking Mail only to find spam. Spam that Mail has already moved to the Junk folder. Argh! Why purr for spam?
Posted by ricka at April 27, 2003 02:21 PM