Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: RFC: arch protocol, smart server,

[Mirian Crzig Lennox]

address@hidden (Stig Brautaset) writes:
>
> A smart server might have many virtues, but when I started using arch,
> one of its killer features (to me) was that it _didn't_ require any
> smart servers. This enabled me to put private backup mirrors anywhere I
> had an ssh account, without having to pester the admin of the box to
> install a server and set it up for me.

Absolutely.  There's no reason not to preserve that ability.  The CVS
client/server protocol is a case in point; it is implemented so that
client and server can, if desired, run on the same machine and even be
the same executable (using the :fork and :local access methods,
respectively), requiring no additional privilege or administrative
pestering.

Mirian