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On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 13:03, Grant Goodyear wrote: |
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> > So if I understand you correctly, you're suggesting having a total of 8 |
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> > rsync branches: |
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> > |
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> > gentoo-2004.0-stable |
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> > gentoo-2004.0-updates |
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> > gentoo-2004.1-stable |
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> > gentoo-2004.1-updates |
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> > ... |
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> > gentoo-2004.3-updates |
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> |
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> I'm probably missing something, but having an rsync server set up to |
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> return the stable trees seems rather silly, since those trees never |
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> change (only the "updates" trees change). A tarball would seem much |
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> simpler, and the appropriate tarball could be included on the livecd for |
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> that release. |
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Actually, the rsync server should check the variable VERSION (or |
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whatever) and update accordingly. Maybe we could do something as simple |
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as putting a 2004.0-release file in the /usr/portage, so when VERSION |
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changes to 2004.1, they no longer match and the 2004.1 tree is rsync'd |
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instead. |
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The idea is to allow the user to upgrade to a new release easily, the |
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actual implementation is still up in the air. I'm just throwing out |
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suggestions. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Games Team |
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