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W dniu nie, 08.07.2018 o godzinie 11∶57 -0700, użytkownik Zac Medico |
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napisał: |
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> On 07/08/2018 11:42 AM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > W dniu nie, 08.07.2018 o godzinie 11∶04 -0700, użytkownik Zac Medico |
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> > napisał: |
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> > > On 07/08/2018 06:56 AM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > W dniu nie, 08.07.2018 o godzinie 15∶02 +0200, użytkownik Kristian |
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> > > > Fiskerstrand napisał: |
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> > > > > On 07/08/2018 08:53 AM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > > > Is safe git syncing implemented already? If not, maybe finish it first and cover both with a single news item. Git is going to be more efficient here, so people may want to learn they have an alternative. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > Why complicate things, and increase wait for something that benefits |
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> > > > > most users, just to give alternatives to a few using non-default sync |
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> > > > > mechanism. Securing git distribution is a whole different ballpark. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Let me rephrase. Let's say I'm using rsync. This new feature is |
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> > > > something positive but it breaks my use case (for one of the listed |
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> > > > reasons -- overlayfs, inode use, small fs cache). After reading this |
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> > > > news item, I learn that my only option is to disable the new feature. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Now, I would appreciate being told that there's an alternate sync method |
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> > > > that handles secure updates without having all those drawbacks. |
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> > > |
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> > > The thing is, the normal git tree doesn't even provide pre-generated |
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> > > metadata, and I see then gentoo-mirror repo that provides metadata does |
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> > > not have commits signed with an release key: |
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> > > |
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> > > https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo/commits/stable |
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> > > |
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> > > So I'm really not comfortable recommending git to anyone at this point. |
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> > |
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> > Wrong twice. |
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> > |
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> > Firstly, the canonical URL is: |
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> > |
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> > https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/repo/sync/gentoo.git |
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> > (https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/sync/gentoo.git) |
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> > |
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> > Secondly, the merge commits (i.e. top commits that are verified |
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> > by Portage) are signed by dedicated key that is part of the infra key |
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> > set. In other words, it works out of the box. |
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> |
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> Is there any documentation that shows users how to migrate to git, and |
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> what the pros and cons might be? Maybe its worthy of its own news item. |
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Maybe. I don't really know, and don't think it's a good idea to show 30 |
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news item of things users might like on every new Gentoo install. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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