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Hi there! |
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My impression is that: |
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* a large number of people still sync /usr/portage using plain rsync, |
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* it is not a trivial choice which source to switch to. |
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Do we have documentation comparing options for syncing /usr/portage? |
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The rest of this mail is a collection of methods that I am aware of. |
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It could become the start of a wiki page if missing or so. |
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Best |
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Sebastian |
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Sync options that I am aware of include: |
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* Plain rsync |
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* Git: 4x direct source (Ebuilds + DTD + GLSA + News) |
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* Git: combined mirror [1] |
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* webrsync: Plain |
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* webrsync: With GPG [2] |
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* ..? |
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The key questions for differences and picking I see are: |
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* Does it use secure transport, e.g. SSL? |
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* Does it verify GPG signatures? |
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* Does it support incremental updates? |
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* Does it come with metadata/md5-cache pre-generated? |
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* How much delay does it have? |
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[1] https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo |
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[2] http://blog.siphos.be/2011/07/emerge-webrsync-and-gpg-verification/ |
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