Re: [gentoo-dev] new repoman check

[Brian Harring]

On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 10:19:41AM +0200, Harald van Dijk wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 03:45:50AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Monday 05 June 2006 02:07, Harald van Dijk wrote:
> > > Some gnustep stuff inherits cvs, but uses -D in the cvs options to
> > > always download exactly the same thing.
> >
> > then arent you just adding overhead to the poor gnustep cvs servers ?  why not
> > roll a cvs snapshot tarball and distro via our mirrors
>
> Yeah, that'd probably be a better idea, but even if the current ebuilds
> are less than perfect, it seems like a valid use of the eclass to me, so
> making repoman error out is a bad idea, I think. A warning would be
> useful, though.

'Cept standards for ebuilds is typically http/https/ftp access for 
fetching files- forcing pserver means people behind firewalls are 
screwed... which is why non standard uri that is generally accessible 
to users must be http/https/ftp, and if they aren't, upload the file 
to the mirrors.

Ebuilds might work, don't think they qualify as valid though- assume 
initially it was easier to just copy the ebuild and lock the date; 
doesn't make it valid though. :)

Should be an error imo- there isn't any real requirement for a 
cvs/git/darcs/subversion eclass consumer to be visible really.
~harring