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.

This causes some of the grumpy gray-bearded men
to become exceedingly grumpy indeed.
Especially upsetting to the old guard is the unfortunate fact that
you may not find out right away that your checkin has gone astray.
(It's only the next refresh in Monticello, not the checkin itself, that
reveals the situation to the user.)

Sneering has been seen.
Unfavorable comparisons with SVN have been heard.
Projects based on languages whose names contain J, or even C,
have been recalled fondly.

So... we're looking for a more reliable back end.
The alternatives seem to be FTP and WebDav.

Anyone have experience/advice/guidance about using
either an ftpd, or some WebDav enablement in an Apache on Linux,
as the server for a Monticello package repository?

Thanks!

-brad