On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 11:40:53AM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote: > Git is an interesting thought for incremental mirroring. But then it also > seems to be a poor choice for something that is an only growing repository > of data.
the nice thing with git is that you get a signed tree for free (or rather, very
easily with tools almost everybody understands), even though it atm only uses
sha1 hashes. IOW: it's a very simple blockchain, which has better properties
than a simple file based mirror.
> What I think should be a requirement is that the data is pushed out before
> the mirror pulse. Otherwise you end up with a race where you try to mirror
> the data including the buildinfo but can't access it. (It's a little
> unfortunate that we don't simply put them onto the mirrors.
agreed.
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cheers,
Holger
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