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From: Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rsync speed and space taken
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 05:45:57
Message-Id: 200410111448.25252.jstubbs@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rsync speed and space taken by Brian Jackson
1 On Monday 11 October 2004 14:19, Brian Jackson wrote:
2 > A. CALM DOWN
3 > B. One of the main reasons some devs like to push the limits of what can be
4 > in files/ is because it takes up to 8 hours for things to get to mirrors
5 > sometimes.
6 > C. There are some things that are going to be in the portage tree that are
7 > large that not everyone needs. That's just the way it is. No, we don't like
8 > it. No, there isn't much we can do about it.
9 > D. Most devs know it's a problem. Most devs are also already overworked as
10 > is.
11 > E. If you really want to do some good, write a patch for repoman to kick
12 > people in the "jimmy jammy" when they try to commit big files.
13 > F. CALM DOWN
14
15 G. RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM
16
17 Regards,
18 Jason Stubbs
19
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