Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo tree package moves updates.

[Brian Dolbec]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 22:40:34 +0100
Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:

> >>>>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2016, Brian Dolbec wrote:
>
> > As discussed a few years ago. We agreed to trim the package moves
> > updates to maintain 4 years history active in the tree. It currently
> > still goes back to include 2010. There was a recent edit to a 2010
> > file that triggered a full re-processing of those files.
>
> That's not correct. I had noticed reprocessing of all files already
> around March 1st, definitely before the edit of the 1Q-2010 file.

There has been at least one time recently that a change in the rsync
tree generation scripts caused an massive download of files and
re-processing of the updates. I believe that was the incident you were
referring to. I saw chat (#gentoo-dev) a few days ago from dwfreed. He
was testing out more changes to those scripts. So, it is possible that
a script update once again caused the re-processing. I'm inquiring if
that was indeed the reason.

>
> > Last night for me it was triggered again. I don't know the cause,
> > but I really don't care enough to investigate. But it prompted bug
> > 576752.
>
> > That said, being 2016, I am going to trim 2010 and 2011 files from
> > the active tree in 48 hours unless anyone shows a valid and
> > justifiable reason to keep them.
>
> That would (maybe) cure the symptoms, but don't you think that the
> real bug should be found? I suggest that you wait with removal of the
> files until then.
>
> Ulrich

No, it won't cure the symptoms, just, shorten the number processed.
Also it will eliminate a possible need to edit those old files like had
been done recently.

-- 
Brian Dolbec <dolsen>