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On Sunday 17 August 2003 02:45 am, Philippe Lafoucrière wrote: |
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> I don't think it needs a new GLEP : |
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> I'd like to see a new feature in the current list : mrproper. |
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> This feature would allow portage to remove downloaded files in |
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> /usr/portage/distfiles, and clean after emerging the /var/tmp/portage. |
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> This would help users to save some disk space on little configurations. |
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One of the problems that plagues Gentoo is that the distro's growth is leading |
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to an insane amount of distfiles downloads (and even excessive downloads) |
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along with excessive rsync'ing. Automatic removal of distfiles would |
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substancially increase the amount of distfiles downloads due to the fact that |
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packages often have revisions made to them and revisions mean that the |
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software has to be recompiled -- thus the distfile would have to be |
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redownloaded of already removed. |
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Until the general downloading (and rsyncing) etiqutte improves, I don't see |
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how this could be The Right Thing(TM) to do. |
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Zack Gilburd |
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http://tehunlose.com |
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