From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] keep a gen 2013 snapshot on mirrors
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:27:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131114012753.5efda83c@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGfcS_kg2u=v6uXdYjQUvUFmkOTdJV0imfX1tgj+v+poP=a0UA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:12:24 -0500
Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Francesco R. <vivo75@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > long story short
> > having a portage-20130126.tar.bz2 snapshot (before the EAPI 5
> > switch) greatly simplified the upgrade of an old server on a client.
> >
> > Why not keep a copy on the servers? I mean
> > http://distfiles.gentoo.org/snapshots/
> >
>
> Going back in time with portage is the easy part - it is in CVS.
>
> The real problem is all the distfiles themselves, especially things
> like out-of-tree patch tarballs hosted by devs.
The mirroring system could be adjusted to keep around @system distfiles
for a longer time, or alternatively snapshot them when the above
snapshot is made; which should be able to solve this problem.
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With kind regards,
Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
Gentoo Developer
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-13 18:58 [gentoo-dev] keep a gen 2013 snapshot on mirrors Francesco R.
2013-11-13 19:12 ` Rich Freeman
2013-11-13 20:49 ` Roy Bamford
2013-11-13 21:18 ` Rich Freeman
2013-11-15 13:17 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2013-11-15 13:38 ` Rich Freeman
2013-11-15 15:24 ` Duncan
2013-11-15 15:59 ` Peter Stuge
2013-11-14 0:27 ` Tom Wijsman [this message]
2013-11-14 13:17 ` [gentoo-dev] " Francesco R.
2013-11-14 14:01 ` Rich Freeman
2013-11-14 13:19 ` Lars Wendler
2013-11-14 19:49 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-11-13 19:16 ` Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
2013-11-14 4:38 ` Johann Schmitz
2013-11-14 13:09 ` Francesco R.
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