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On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 11:15, John Davis wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 17:34, Joshua Brindle wrote: |
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> > Ok, we just had a conversation in #gentoo-dev and it seems most people |
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> > are interested in this. The problem as it stands is that our mirrors are |
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> > low on space and so other projects can't get space, such as embedded, |
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> > hardened and even other archs. The main user of space is having 5 grp |
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> > packagecd's for x86 alone. The idea is to build a consolidated grp set |
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> > with a generic -mcpu (i686 or so) and then use that. |
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> > As I'm sure this will become a large and flaming thread, and probably |
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> > won't read them all I'll just go ahead and suggest that we add this to |
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> > the next meeting to discuss it if there are large amounts of disagreement. |
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> > |
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> > Joshua Brindle |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |
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> Josh - |
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> Seems like something good to research to me. GRP does take up a lot of |
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> space on the mirrors, not mentioning the fact that it takes a ton of |
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> time to build. |
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> But.. |
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> Before we do anything, I would like to gather some user input. I |
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> remember klieber talking about a system that he was setting up that we |
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> could use to survey users. Kurt, any progress? I don't want to make a |
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> relatively major change to releases without at least some user input. |
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> Cheers, |
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> //zhen |
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Just to stick in an oar here from someone who has used grp for a group |
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install, it is handy to have the individual grp packages on the mirrors, |
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rather than an iso. |
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Then if you want kde but not gnome, you just download the parts you |
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want. |
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we used PORTAGE_BINHOST= and emerge -g to do this from our own server |
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(had downloaded isos for 3 or 4 architectures first, and loopback |
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mounted them in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/gentoo/grp/$SUBARCH/, then a |
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fresh stage3 installee could type emerge -g kde and wander off for a |
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coffee. |
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Anyway I can see that space on the servers is limited, so I guess |
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putting individual packages on the server could not be additional to the |
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iso's. |
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