On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 12:54:20 -0500 Aron Griffis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Azarah wrote:[Mon Mar 07 2005, 11:57:04AM EST] | > Also the problem is that especially if you have a rapid changing | > package, where the patches changes a lot, putting it in distfiles is | > a pita, as you have to scp it, then wait an hour to 3 depending on | > how lucky you are, and then only commit. | | I know this has been covered before, but what is the problem with | putting files on dev.gentoo.org? The automatic scripts should suck it | into distfiles and portage should check mirrors before "upstream" (in | this case dgo) first, so I'd think the load on dgo shouldn't be | significant.
Infra have politely (where by politely I mean "with threats of decapitation and feeding to the goats") asked us not to do this because of reliability and load issues. I'd say that they probably know best... -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, shell tools) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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