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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.

-- 
With kind regards,

Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
Gentoo Developer

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-11-14  0:28 UTC|newest]

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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