On Apr 7, 2007, at 22:53 , John M McIntosh wrote:

> On Apr 7, 2007, at 11:06 AM, brad fowlow wrote:
>
>> Howdy...
>>
>> Looking for recent experiences/opinions.
>>
>> We're using Monticello for a lot of source that gets a fair bit of  
>> update
>> (maybe a dozen checkins a day,
>> into a set of maybe 50 packages in 5 or 6 repositories.)
>>
>> We've been using squeak source as the backend, on a Linux box.
>>
>> Every few days, the 'lost it, spin out of control at 99% CPU'  
>> problem strikes
>> the source server, and someone has to ssh to it, kick it over,
>> and then e-mail everyone to check that their recent checkins made,
>> reminding the recalcitrant to 'Flush Cache Versions', and so on.
>
>
> Gee that would be like the Sophie Project.
> Gee one of our grumpy gray-bearded men guys offered one Million  
> Euro to have someone fix it.
> Gee there where no takers.
> Gee he didn't have one million euros anyway.
>
> Gee the Unix Socket code has some sort of problem that needs  
> fixing. There are some fixes proposed
> to accept processing queuing problems, but  they've never made the  
> main source tree.

Gee, at least we have an intern who can wiggle the mouse which makes  
the server responsive again without loosing anything :)

- Bert -