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From: Sebastian Pipping <webmaster@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman-global.txt, repositories.xml, layman, overlays.gentoo.org
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:17:04
Message-Id: 4AC3847D.9020902@hartwork.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman-global.txt, repositories.xml, layman, overlays.gentoo.org by Ciaran McCreesh
1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > Sure. Just periodically fetch the repository centrally. Have a master
3 > list of sync URLs with expected repository names, and use that to
4 > generate the full master list that includes metadata.
5 >
6 > Added bonus: you can quickly remove any repository that no longer
7 > exists.
8
9 How long do you want the time frame for add-meta-data-or-get-kicked
10 to be? If half the repos don't not make it will kicking them help
11 anybody? What if that metadata format changes later or is extended by
12 additional required entries?
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16 Sebastian

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