On 09/22/2010 10:23 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> If we're going to let people in by IP address, maybe we could let legacy
> buildfarm members in by IP address. It doesn't seem particularly
> helpful to expect each buildfarm owner to solve this problem for
> themselves. I'd also note that if they could run git locally, they
> wouldn't be needing cvsserver in the first place.
>
> Also, couldn't we just set up the cvsserver on its own VM with a limited
> amount of disk space, and not worry too much about any "DOS threat"?
> If somebody does do this, block them and reinitialize that server.
I'm not convinced we need any such thing yet. 13 of the 38 animals that
have reported in the last 5 days are using git already (OK, factoring
out my animals that's 8 out of 33). I'm going to send out email in a few
days prodding people to migrate. Let's see how far we get.
cheers
andrew