Re: bazaar: "unable to obtain lock"

[Jason Earl]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> writes:

> Kevin Ryde writes:
>
>  > Karl Fogel <address@hidden> writes:
>  > >
>  > >   http://www.red-bean.com/kfogel/emacs-bzr-repository.tar.gz
>  > 
>  > Is anything smaller possible for those of us at the end of a straw?
>  > I see BzrQuickStartForEmacsDevs advises 300mb similarly.  Is some sort
>  > of small no-history checkout possible?
>
> It's possible, but AFAIK not without a smart server at the other end.
> This is being worked on, but it's a Savannah issue with no ETA last I
> heard, not an Emacs or Bazaar issue.  For status on this, see
> https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?107077.
>
> Óscar mentioned "lightweight checkout", but as I understand it this
> may involve downloading the whole repo anyway, since actually
> extracting files from the archive storage is done by your local bzr.
> I don't think it's worth the effort for you, because of the way Bazaar
> stores content in packs (compressed archives) of several megabytes.
>
> Maybe somebody could create a temporary mirror with a smart server on
> it for folks like you.  It could be "by invitation only" to limit
> bandwidth and server wear-and-tear.

Launchpad has an up to date mirror of Emacs mainline.  It is behind by a
few hours, but it is much better than nothing.  It also has the
advantage of having a very short URL.

lp:emacs

Jason