Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rsync speed and space taken

[Andrew Fant]

--On Wednesday, October 20, 2004 01:19:28 +0000 Tim Cera 
<timcera@×××××××××.net> wrote:

> Philippe Trottier <tchiwam <at> gentoo.org> writes:
>> Why not just having a directory / index and base the download / rsync
>> on what is needed ?
>
> I submitted a patch (a long time ago) that only rsynced the portage tree
> for  the installed ebuilds.  Worked great.  Would have to be extended to
> fetch new  ebuilds when USE variables or dependencies change.
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44526
>
> A really cool benefit would be that you could collect what people
> installed  from the rsync server logs.

I'm not sure that I would call that a cool benefit.  It seems to come close 
to an egregious violation of privacy.   I know that there is no promise of 
confidentiality in the use of the portage rsync servers, but to actively 
and publicly start collecting data about who is using what seems to only 
invite more paranoia.

Andy
(JFMuggs)



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