All, Devs,
I watch the rss feeds for arch packages to know what is coming/ready
for update. I've been watching the 7.0.8 kernel in core testing waiting
for it to show up in the core rss packages feed to then update.
However, I've been surprised to find the packages already on mirrors
but not yet reflected in the rss feed. I generally watch the kernels, so
that is the one I'm most familiar with a lag-time on.
Again today, checking 'checkupdates' on a box, the 7.0.8 kernel is
already on my update mirror, but still not on the feed, e.g.
$ checkupdates
...
linux 7.0.7.arch2-1 -> 7.0.8.arch1-1
linux-docs 7.0.7.arch2-1 -> 7.0.8.arch1-1
linux-headers 7.0.7.arch2-1 -> 7.0.8.arch1-1
...
Does anybody know what the expected lag-time is with the rss feed? It
just seems odd to have the package on the mirrors before the update is
shown on the rss feed. I'd almost expect the opposite - for the rss feed
to show the package move from testing to core before the propagation to
all mirrors happens, just due to the various mirror update times.
Strange enough I thought I would bring the issue up in case there was
something odd going on with the rss feeds?
Not a complaint, just an observation.
--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
