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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Split distfile mirror directory structure
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 10:15:09
Message-Id: 23149.41634.800359.851461@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Split distfile mirror directory structure by "Michał Górny"
1 >>>>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Michał Górny wrote:
2
3 > This specification currently defines one section: ``[structure]``.
4 > This section defines one or more repository structure definitions
5 > using sequential integer keys. The definition keyed as ``0``
6 > is the most preferred structure. The package manager should use
7 > the first structure format it recognizes as supported, and ignore any
8 > it does not recognize. If this section is not present, the package
9 > manager should behave as if only ``flat`` structure were supported.
10
11 It is not at all clear from this how integer keys are ordered. The
12 paragraph only says that "0" is most preferred, but says nothing about
13 comparison of other numbers.
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15 For example, if there are keys "-1", "0", and "1" (these are
16 "sequential integer keys", right?), what is their order of preference?
17
18 Ulrich

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP] Split distfile mirror directory structure "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>