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Just to add something to my last email about portage and database / |
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directory services... |
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While talking to my wife this morning (a sysadmin and security |
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professional and fellow gentoo user) about this situation, we realized |
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something else about portage in openldap. This would (or could, |
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depending on implementation) severely limit the rsync bottle neck by |
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allowing for a hierarchy of directory servers to be replicated from by |
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users. With clever use of referals and replication, you could |
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effectively remove the rsync issues of bandwidth and the |
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"stop-syncing-so-often-it's-rude" problem. Updates to portage would be |
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propagated down the line when commited moving a smaller (but steady) |
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stream of traffic rather than unpredictable bursts (note: that's an |
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assumption). This would eliminate the need for 'emerge sync' (in theory). |
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Again, this is all very academic as the data to back up these ideas is |
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out of the public eye (thankfully). Maybe just food for thought... |
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Thanks to all devs for all the great work. |
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Eric Sammer |
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eric@××××××××××××.com |
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http://www.ineoconcepts.com |
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