From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 297C3138247 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:12:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6DF1AE0B28; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:12:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D0E5E0ABD for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:12:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id ie18so630461vcb.13 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:12:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=WVmk8QWAnm8upfopG9uBSobdjWjv6gtwPrm6wJ2dFpE=; b=uGqn+3GAFPKTwabmtzgfbbwg9eAobHhOMftSdj9WqixfSaAPHI0kB47E4zWtmThpzg AalyepDhHn68xfn1FBBoQzy88wyI/+GJcO3hDjUwSWO1oGFcYBS9PPjVgfTH4ALOs4C/ Jz0N/bcR72dnVA9IDeyrHHSsQS7qaTRAoDClZbgKTRs/lwl9UoYH9BOAYCMu0GxZ4EtD 7r1uPx99mgtgQFglglDhFS4ArMhu4lSuGFgsYzhG1k0+HvxUXK7SnqYfC6s9beORXSEI bf2aItanOnkWCUFwWWsmqU1XBfx0T2hrxEMVOfz2+QXX8u9HUFTtb+lLy22MrTqSec0G 3qQw== 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 X-Received: by 10.52.37.36 with SMTP id v4mr54311vdj.54.1384369944615; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:12:24 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.108.199 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:12:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5283CBD3.1010309@gmail.com> References: <5283CBD3.1010309@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:12:24 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: n8XjYi5YSzDovIvrfeGlkNSc9H8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] keep a gen 2013 snapshot on mirrors From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 1d042eff-a657-404d-a54e-a9aea279a345 X-Archives-Hash: 8225c958fd4c8b86a86945d534d0da3f On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Francesco R. 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. Rich