Gentoo Archives: gentoo-soc

From: Rafael Martins <rafael@×××××××××××××××××.br>
To: gentoo-soc@l.g.o
Cc: robbat2@g.o, Denis Dupeyron <calchan@g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-soc] Distfile patching support - Weekly report #12
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:53:37
Message-Id: CAHgY3qeYeja2ouYxJNqt=ZxLQN189=Og=xRp7gD7QTzSpX+ACg@mail.gmail.com
1 Hi all,
2
3 Quick summary: Improve the performance of the Gentoo Linux mirrors by
4 reducing the overall bandwidth load, allowing people to fetch binary
5 patches from the mirrors, instead of the full source tarballs, when
6 updating some package. This project is partially based on GLEP 25.
7
8 The project is almost done.
9
10 I'm writing this report less than a week after the previous to sync
11 with the other students and with the end of the program.
12
13 == Progress ==
14
15 - Portage patch still waiting approval.
16 - cutting more deltas on vulture
17
18 == Next steps ==
19
20 - Follow the gentoo-portage-dev@ thread.
21 - Babysit the delta cutting on vulture.
22
23 Regards,
24
25 --
26 Rafael Goncalves Martins
27 http://rafaelmartins.eng.br/