From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32360 invoked by uid 1002); 27 Jun 2003 12:58:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 17149 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2003 12:58:25 -0000 From: Rigo Ketelings To: "gentoo-dev@gentoo.org" In-Reply-To: <3EFC3735.6040501@ineoconcepts.com> References: <200306250000.00937.tclark@telia.com> <1056492971.20027.5.camel@prefect.f00bar.com> <1056495162.17034.0.camel@alita> <20030627020347.GA11439@niaul.net> <3EFBE81B.3080701@ineoconcepts.com> <3EFC3735.6040501@ineoconcepts.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1056718703.8875.56.camel@tree.rogi.biz> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.0 Date: 27 Jun 2003 14:58:23 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Directory services (was Re: [gentoo-dev] maybe it is time to put portage queries into a database.) X-Archives-Salt: 75b06329-56f2-4d85-a487-3eff87c7339c X-Archives-Hash: 4abfabbf14ee682bbdbdc8ff3254f598 Op vr 27-06-2003, om 14:23 schreef Eric Sammer: > Just to add something to my last email about portage and database / > directory services... > > While talking to my wife this morning (a sysadmin and security > professional and fellow gentoo user) about this situation, we realized > something else about portage in openldap. This would (or could, > depending on implementation) severely limit the rsync bottle neck by > allowing for a hierarchy of directory servers to be replicated from by > users. I REALLY like this idea.. > With clever use of referals and replication, you could > effectively remove the rsync issues of bandwidth and the > "stop-syncing-so-often-it's-rude" problem. Updates to portage would be > propagated down the line when commited moving a smaller (but steady) > stream of traffic rather than unpredictable bursts (note: that's an > assumption). This would eliminate the need for 'emerge sync' (in theory). > > Again, this is all very academic as the data to back up these ideas is > out of the public eye (thankfully). Maybe just food for thought... > > Thanks to all devs for all the great work. Yup, can't say that enough too ;)... Rogi -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list