From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Is Gentoo healthy?
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:25:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061221092501.2d2135c7@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.tkwgjfhcv2ynd8@pavillion>
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:00:41 +0300, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote:
> When SHOULD I sync again? That is, for how long may I not to sync and
> expect that ebuilds can find the files they need to download at the
> expected locations? It looks like this depends on the good will of 3-d
> parties, for example, I will get nVidia legacy drivers only if nVidia
> keeps them on their site or the mirror I use keeps them. I still do
> not know for how long old ebuilds keep working. I understand that some
> ebuilds can stop working any time when a 3-d party changes the file
> they do not allow to put on mirrors, but what is normal for an ebuild?
Files are removed from the mirrors two weeks after the last ebuild using
them is removed from the tree, so if you sync every two weeks you should
never suffer from missing source files (apart fro restricted ebuilds).
--
Neil Bothwick
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-21 9:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 123+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-18 14:47 [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy? Grant
2006-12-18 16:25 ` Mrugesh Karnik
2006-12-18 16:36 ` Grant
2006-12-18 17:50 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-18 18:28 ` Grant
2006-12-18 17:07 ` Richard Broersma Jr
2006-12-18 17:17 ` Danyelle Gragsone
2006-12-18 17:49 ` Alan McKinnon
2006-12-18 18:35 ` Grant
2006-12-18 23:15 ` Iain Buchanan
2006-12-19 7:10 ` Alan McKinnon
2006-12-18 23:14 ` Iain Buchanan
2006-12-20 1:58 ` Grant
2006-12-20 2:23 ` Colleen Beamer
2006-12-20 4:43 ` Dale
2006-12-20 9:16 ` Andrey Gerasimenko
2006-12-20 14:33 ` Jeff Rollin
2006-12-20 23:03 ` Bryan Østergaard
2006-12-21 4:43 ` Grant
2006-12-21 9:00 ` Andrey Gerasimenko
2006-12-21 19:51 ` Bryan Østergaard
2006-12-20 6:18 ` Uwe Thiem
2006-12-20 9:43 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-20 10:46 ` Uwe Thiem
2006-12-20 11:14 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-12-20 11:11 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-12-20 11:37 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-20 11:54 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-20 19:18 ` Steve Dibb
2006-12-20 23:12 ` Dale
2006-12-21 8:54 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-22 1:10 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-22 9:08 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-22 10:40 ` Jeff Rollin
2006-12-22 11:31 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-12-22 11:36 ` Jeff Rollin
2006-12-22 11:45 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-12-20 9:50 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-20 14:07 ` Grant
2006-12-20 14:36 ` Hans-Werner Hilse
2006-12-18 17:27 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-12-18 18:54 ` Grant
2006-12-18 19:12 ` Mrugesh Karnik
2006-12-18 19:33 ` Andrew Gaydenko
2006-12-18 20:29 ` Philip Webb
2006-12-18 21:07 ` Roman Naumann
2006-12-18 22:00 ` Neil Walker
2006-12-18 22:26 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-18 19:18 ` Daniel da Veiga
2006-12-18 19:58 ` Grant
2006-12-18 20:26 ` Brandon Edens
2006-12-18 22:23 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-19 2:22 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-19 11:21 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-18 22:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-18 23:03 ` John J. Foster
2006-12-18 23:18 ` Jeff Rollin
2006-12-19 10:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-20 14:35 ` Jeff Rollin
2006-12-18 21:27 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-12-18 23:45 ` Iain Buchanan
2006-12-18 22:23 ` Bryan Østergaard
2006-12-19 6:42 ` Uwe Thiem
2006-12-18 22:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-19 0:01 ` Philip Webb
2006-12-19 1:13 ` Daryl Mathison
2006-12-20 14:56 ` Mark Knecht
2006-12-20 16:13 ` Alan McKinnon
2006-12-20 16:54 ` Daniel da Veiga
2006-12-20 17:16 ` Mark Knecht
2006-12-20 17:28 ` Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D)
2006-12-20 17:42 ` Mark Knecht
2006-12-20 17:58 ` Jeff Rollin
2006-12-20 18:05 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-21 7:20 ` Alan McKinnon
2006-12-21 15:55 ` Jeff Rollin
2006-12-21 16:07 ` Dale
2006-12-21 16:12 ` Jeff Rollin
2006-12-21 16:48 ` Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D)
2006-12-21 16:56 ` Jeff Rollin
2006-12-20 17:53 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-20 17:39 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-21 8:00 ` [gentoo-user] OT: " Andrey Gerasimenko
2006-12-21 8:33 ` Alan McKinnon
2006-12-21 8:47 ` Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D)
2006-12-21 9:25 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2006-12-21 9:43 ` Andrey Gerasimenko
2006-12-21 9:52 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-21 11:23 ` Andrey Gerasimenko
2006-12-21 13:28 ` Danyelle Gragsone
2006-12-20 19:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Benno Schulenberg
2006-12-20 19:39 ` Mark Knecht
2006-12-20 20:49 ` Uwe Thiem
2006-12-21 8:52 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-21 7:15 ` Alan McKinnon
2006-12-21 21:28 ` Benno Schulenberg
2006-12-21 22:38 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-22 0:26 ` Mark Knecht
2006-12-22 1:02 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-22 15:45 ` Benno Schulenberg
2006-12-22 16:55 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-22 7:16 ` Alan McKinnon
2006-12-22 9:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-22 9:35 ` Alan McKinnon
2006-12-22 10:42 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-22 19:09 ` [gentoo-user] working with overlays Benno Schulenberg
2006-12-23 0:04 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-24 11:53 ` Benno Schulenberg
2007-01-01 17:31 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-01-01 20:52 ` Benno Schulenberg
2006-12-23 11:47 ` [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy? Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-12-23 14:44 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-12-23 16:11 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-12-23 16:11 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-12-22 16:02 ` Benno Schulenberg
2006-12-20 21:25 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-12-19 7:22 ` Alan McKinnon
2006-12-19 8:27 ` Andrey Gerasimenko
2006-12-19 13:48 ` Bryan Østergaard
2006-12-19 23:27 ` Iain Buchanan
2006-12-19 17:23 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2006-12-19 17:36 ` Justin Findlay
2006-12-20 2:00 ` Grant
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