Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: why are we still distributing the portage tree via rsync?

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

I would expect as much. But my primary argument would be key management related, it is simply impossible to present a raw copy of our repo to end-users and have them verify each commit
-------- Original message --------From: William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> Date: 7/3/18  17:39  (GMT+01:00) To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: why are we still distributing the portage tree via rsync? 
On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 08:32:55AM -0700, Brian Dolbec wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 10:22:35 -0500
> William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > Mostly because of the recent "trustless infrastructure" thread, I am
> > wondering why we are still distributing the portage tree primarily
> > via rsync instead of git?
> >
> > Can someone educate me on that, and is it worth considering moving
> > away from rsync distribution?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > William
> >
>
> because:
>
> 1) it is still the most bandwidth economical means of distributing the
> tree
 
 Even more so than http or https?

 Thanks,

 William