On 06/01/14 03:20 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > This is a small feature request, but it will require a modification to > PMS, so I describe it here. > > The present thirdpartymirrors file is unwieldy, and difficult to manage > due to it's format with very long lines. It also doesn't permit easy > comments. Presently commits to it look very ugly, because diffs are > line-based, and we pack a lot into each line. > > I would like to make it a directory instead of a single file, and extend > the internal syntax.
I like the idea, but I'm not too sure about the execution. > 1. New location: $PROFILEDIR/thirdpartymirrors/$MIRRORNAME > 1.1. The name of the mirror is now the name of the file. > 1.2. We can have a file extension of .mirrors if somebody would like > that. > 2. New format (for directory-mode): > 2.1. Comments permitted, shell-style. > 2.2. Blank lines ignored > 2.3. One URL per line, optionally prefixed with "-" or "+" > 2.4. For stack repos/overlays: > 2.4.1. No prefix: replace all prior mirrors from masters with new URLS in > this file. > 2.4.2. "-" prefix: remove this URL from the list from masters. > 2.4.2. "+" prefix: append this URL to the list from masters. So if *any* line doesn't have a prefix, then *everything* gets overwritten? What about the prior mirrors listed in the file? There needs to be some mechanism for specifying this, but I don't think this is it. Perhaps a header with a special line? > 3. New format (for file-mode): > 3.1. This is for cases where thirdpartymirrors is still a file. > 3.2. The first token on a line remains the name of the mirror. > 3.3. Each subsequent token may be prefixed with "+" or "-", and impacts > prior lines/masters. >
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