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On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:59 AM, Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 05:29:07 -0400 Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 3:01 AM, Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote: |
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>> > 2) While git pull is much faster on a decent connection than rsync, |
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>> > metadata generation is damn slow, especially on older systems. On |
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>> > my Atom it takes several hours which is unacceptable. Please note |
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>> > I'm not talking about ChangeLogs generation, I meant metadata |
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>> > directory requires for portage and many tools (like eix) to work |
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>> > properly. |
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>> I don't think anybody has proposed ditching rsync metadata - just the |
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>> Changelogs at this point. |
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> Please see Mattehew's e-mail I replied to: |
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There is no need to have a local copy if you don't want one. Just use |
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one of the many available web-based front ends. |
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>> However, there is a git mirror that contains metadata: |
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>> https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git |
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> Thanks, I wasn't aware that it contains metadata. Can we have the |
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> same on our infra? |
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No objections from me - by all means go ahead! |
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Rich |