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On 18-01-2008 01:21:21 -0800, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> > If a transition period would be available, I could make Portage |
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> > alarm users to fix the SYNC variable to reflect the new URL. I also |
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> > need to add/fix/change Portage's support for this new URL scheme. |
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> You're syncing directly from overlays SVN-HTTP? I hope not with the sync |
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> frequency of some of the other users out there. |
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I have no other option, do I? I requested rsync in some bug a while ago |
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with one of the reasons to reduce overlays' load. |
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> As you support SVN already, you should just need to change the URL |
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> (since you are just handing it to SVN), and run svn switch. But ok, I'll |
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> give you 30 days for /repositories/alt/ once the new overlays box has |
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> SVN. (Combined with a suitably large warning in the SVN browse view). |
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The problem is that emerge --sync obfuscates that SVN is being used |
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underneath. Some (most?) users will not have a clue they are using SVN. |
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> As a migration help, I have enabled the svn:// protocol on the old |
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> overlays box, so you can make a start on getting your users converted. |
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> svn://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/alt/ |
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Thanks, I'll priorise on that to get it rolling. Thanks a lot! |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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