[cvsnt] Re: Repository TAG behavior

[Gerhard Fiedler]

Randy McCharles wrote:

> We also have a lot of binaries (as many binaries as text files). Having
> dealt with this problem for a while I have concluded that it is
> convenient, but not essential, to keep all binaries in source control.
> What I did was start with the largest RCS files and systematically moved
> them to a flat archive system. I use a naming scheme that combines the
> binary file name and its version. The majority of binaries are small and
> I left under source-control. Every few months I look for the largest
> files again to see if they should be removed. 

Could it be an option to keep the binaries in a separate repository? Would
that help, given that they are still handled by the same (lock)server
processes?

Gerhard