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Hi all, |
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Quick summary: Improve the performance of the Gentoo Linux mirrors by |
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reducing the overall bandwidth load, allowing people to fetch binary |
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patches from the mirrors, instead of the full source tarballs, when |
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updating some package. This project is partially based on GLEP 25. |
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The project is on schedule. |
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== Progress == |
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Last week I got a basic Portage patch working, and I can finally |
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install packages from reconstructed tarballs. It needs some fine |
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graining and improvements, though. |
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I'm also writing a helper tool, called distpatchq, inspired by |
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portageq, that will provide info about the deltas and distfiles to the |
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package managers willing to implement distfile patching support. |
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== Next steps == |
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Finish the Portage patch improvements and send the patch for review. |
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Finish distpatchq helper tool. |
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Create a package for the distpatch helper tools and publish it. |
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Best Regards, |
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Rafael Goncalves Martins |
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http://rafaelmartins.eng.br/ |
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