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On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 07:15 +0000, Ricardo Correia wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> Please read the following proposal, I think you'll be interested: |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2218914.html |
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> If you could reply in the forum, it would be great :) |
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So ... |
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zsync is basically rsync over http without a "server daemon". |
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To facilitate the file transfers the original poster wants to create a |
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ISO file from /usr/portage and sync to that. |
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A few problems: |
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- that .iso and the .zsync metadata need to be generated. More load on |
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master server |
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- isos don't allow easy access, e.g. writing a few bytes for a tricial |
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bugfix |
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- mkisofs might shuffle the data so that transferring one large file |
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might cause more traffic than rsync does now |
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I don't see the advantages over tar + binary diffs. |
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Personally I like the idea of alternative synchronization mechanisms, |
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but rsync (sucky as it is) still seems to be the least sucky we have |
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found yet ;-) |
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Patrick |
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