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And only have history from +N (release date) to N + updates. + +>><i> Though, there is a disadvantage that could get problematic, when we do +</I>>><i> backports, we would have to copy the binaries to all target distros, and +</I>>><i> it would not be a cheap SVN copy anymore. +</I>>><i> This could get pretty big with games and OOo... +</I> +Yes. + +><i> I wonder why use svn at all in order to store blobs +</I>><i> IMHO it does not give any advantage +</I> +The advantage is that it is easier to implement, and already implemented +now in a repsys branch on git. But it is still possible to replace the +SVN binary repositories with something else later. + +><i> source tarballs in packages are usually compressed, so no delta is +</I>><i> possible, besides that sources are usually removed and the new one is +</I>><i> added, so it wont be even tried. +</I>><i> removing something from SVN is a PITA +</I> +Removing something from SVN is not very difficult, if removing all +history before a commit (and not only some of the files). + +><i> creating a branch for each distro will waste enormous amounts of space, +</I>><i> and will create the issue pointed above by blino. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> why not just use flat files to store flat files? +</I>><i> iirc redhat is doing this to store files +</I>><i> +</I>><i> if i were to design this i would index flat files by sha +</I>><i> and modify repsys/mdvsys in order to commit a file containing the sha in +</I>><i> <A HREF="svn://specrepo/package/SOURCES/foo-0.0.1.tar.xz">svn://specrepo/package/SOURCES/foo-0.0.1.tar.xz</A> instead of the real blob +</I>><i> and checkout the real file from <A HREF="file://binrepo/hashed_dir/sha">file://binrepo/hashed_dir/sha</A> instead of +</I>><i> the dummy. +</I> +It can be a good idea, but it requires some work to implement it. I +think it's something that can be done later. + +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000188.html">[Mageia-sysadm] Packages SVN +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000168.html">[Mageia-sysadm] Packages SVN +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#190">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#190">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#190">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#190">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">More information about the Mageia-sysadm +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |