[cvsnt] cvsnt 2.0.62.1817 first impression

[sabdev]

Hi.

recently I decided to test the cvsnt 2.0.62.1817 (still in beta).
Here are my first impression that I hope will help Tony in his way to 
the perfect product ;-)

My test machine is a good ol' NT4 workstation with 128 Mb memory (One of 
my old developpment computer that now only serves as test machine for 
future CVS upgrade)

Installation :
   * I'm a bit disappointed you replace the innosetup by the (crappy) 
msi installer (I'm a strong supporter of Innosetup ;-)). But I guess, 
msi is seen as the industry standard by more and more IT. (It was really 
a pain to me , because ,as my OS is NT4, I had to install the installer 
(!) before I can install CVSNT.)
   * The installer ask to restart the computer. This might really be a 
problem because in some company (mine for instance) the cvs server also 
serves other purpose and cannot be restarted at will.
   * CVSNT Control Panel does not appear anymore in my settings->Control 
Pannel
   
Utilisation :
 I use :pserver: as protocol.
 I did not had the chance to test it much because everything just went 
to big,big,big slowdown (making it near to unusable).
 Where it took half a second for CVSNT 2.0.5xd to log,update,branche,... 
on one file, it now takes like 3 to 5 minutes !
 Even "cvs version" command slowed down.
 I tested this with
     - client 2.0.51d against server 2.0.51d/58d  (ok 0.5 sec)
     - client 2.0.51d against server 2.0.62.1817  (nok 3 to 5 minuts)
     - client 2.062.1817 against server 2.0.62.1817 (nok 3 to 5 minuts)
     
 Any idea of what can cause this deep slowdown ?
 Anything to do with my computer and/or network ? I have seen in the 
mailing list many slowdown due to bad DNS, but as 2.0.51d worked very 
well I always assume this was OK for us.
 
 
 Also one question that's on my mind for a while : what is CVSNT 
password agent for ? is this usefull when working in pserver ?
 
 
 Hope this helps and thanks to Tony and others for the great work you do 
for the CVSNT community,
 
 Sebastien Abras