On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 11:46:47AM +0200 or thereabouts, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
> What is the difference from just putting these files in your own dev 
> space? If they just exist on dev.gentoo.org the developers themselves can 
> arange removing etc.

Developers shouldn't be doing this, really.  dev.g.o is not set up with any
sort of redundancy, nor is it sized to provide reasonable scalability in
the event a popular patch is placed there.  Basically, it's not designed or
intended to be a mirror.

--kurt