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Op vr 27-06-2003, om 14:23 schreef Eric Sammer: |
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> Just to add something to my last email about portage and database / |
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> directory services... |
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> While talking to my wife this morning (a sysadmin and security |
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> professional and fellow gentoo user) about this situation, we realized |
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> something else about portage in openldap. This would (or could, |
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> depending on implementation) severely limit the rsync bottle neck by |
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> allowing for a hierarchy of directory servers to be replicated from by |
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> users. |
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I REALLY like this idea.. |
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> With clever use of referals and replication, you could |
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> effectively remove the rsync issues of bandwidth and the |
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> "stop-syncing-so-often-it's-rude" problem. Updates to portage would be |
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> propagated down the line when commited moving a smaller (but steady) |
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> stream of traffic rather than unpredictable bursts (note: that's an |
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> assumption). This would eliminate the need for 'emerge sync' (in theory). |
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> Again, this is all very academic as the data to back up these ideas is |
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> out of the public eye (thankfully). Maybe just food for thought... |
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> Thanks to all devs for all the great work. |
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Yup, can't say that enough too ;)... |
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Rogi |
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