From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OSpoF-0000JQ-9Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:13:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 831BDE0A9B; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:13:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (forum.psychotherapie.org [217.160.22.205]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4A17E0A92 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:13:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (8.13.3/8.13.3) with UUCP id o5RBDloX007820 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:13:47 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by nibiru.metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id o5RB8wS4018995 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:08:58 +0200 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:08:58 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FYI: Rules for distro-friendly packages Message-ID: <20100627110858.GF23460@nibiru.local> References: <20100625201738.GA4789@nibiru.local> <4C2518FB.9090800@gentoo.org> <20100626185104.GB4789@nibiru.local> <4C265345.6060102@gentoo.org> <20100626194639.GE4789@nibiru.local> <20100626205921.4e2a0b9e@snowcone> <20100626200909.GG4789@nibiru.local> <20100626211816.7b4a13dc@snowcone> <20100627103443.GA23460@nibiru.local> <20100627114558.3e2d652d@snowcone> 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=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100627114558.3e2d652d@snowcone> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof X-Archives-Salt: 80488e2e-0b45-408d-a422-1205c9cc971b X-Archives-Hash: 3cda2343edf03acd21ae645a4a47dd32 * Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: > > Well, at least for tar, I've experienced no problem here yet. > > But: true, it might change between tar versions. > > The main offender is the compression program, not tar. hmm, I'm exclusively using bzip2 and never had these problems yet. maybe it depends on the compressor type. > > A more sophisticated approach, IMHO, would be: directly fetching > > from the VCS > > Yes, upstreams are going to love you for that... Why ? Because of traffic ? Of course, distros should work from their own clones (yes, yes, I'm assuming modern VCS'es, not toys like svn ;-p) cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------