From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JFnoT-00088B-73 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:47:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F2642E0147; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:46:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bacchus.cwi.nl (bacchus.cwi.nl [192.16.191.9]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A69E3E0147 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:46:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gentoo.org (pegasus.ins.cwi.nl [192.16.196.142]) by bacchus.cwi.nl (8.13.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id m0I9kTV9025411 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:46:49 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:46:28 +0100 From: Fabian Groffen To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Upcoming Infra maintenance/downtimes: anon{cvs,svn,git}, archives, bouncer, overlays Message-ID: <20080118094628.GC7672@gentoo.org> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20080117214728.GC5504@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> <20080118083734.GA7672@gentoo.org> <20080118092121.GF5504@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080118092121.GF5504@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (Linux 2.6.23.9-85.fc8, VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1) Organization: Gentoo Foundation, Inc. X-Archives-Salt: af559fec-cd2b-4f7b-9bd3-561bd211795c X-Archives-Hash: ce8029e5199e52b24a7c007c1a8ccd0a On 18-01-2008 01:21:21 -0800, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > > If a transition period would be available, I could make Portage > > alarm users to fix the SYNC variable to reflect the new URL. I also > > need to add/fix/change Portage's support for this new URL scheme. > You're syncing directly from overlays SVN-HTTP? I hope not with the sync > frequency of some of the other users out there. I have no other option, do I? I requested rsync in some bug a while ago with one of the reasons to reduce overlays' load. > As you support SVN already, you should just need to change the URL > (since you are just handing it to SVN), and run svn switch. But ok, I'll > give you 30 days for /repositories/alt/ once the new overlays box has > SVN. (Combined with a suitably large warning in the SVN browse view). The problem is that emerge --sync obfuscates that SVN is being used underneath. Some (most?) users will not have a clue they are using SVN. > As a migration help, I have enabled the svn:// protocol on the old > overlays box, so you can make a start on getting your users converted. > svn://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/alt/ Thanks, I'll priorise on that to get it rolling. Thanks a lot! -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list