On 06/05/2016 02:05 PM, james wrote: > On 06/05/2016 12:15 PM, Daniel Campbell (zlg) wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> On June 5, 2016 9:04:26 AM PDT, "Michał Górny" <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>> Hello, everyone. >>> >>> I have the pleasure to announce that a few improvements have been >>> deployed by the Repository mirror & CI project today. >>> >>> >>> 1. The mirror for 'gentoo' repository [1] now has a default 'stable' >>> branch. It is updated automatically by the gentoo-ci checker, >>> and therefore always contains the latest repository state that has been >>> confirmed 'green' by CI. While this is far from perfect, it's the first >>> step towards preventing major issues from being deployed on our users. >>> >>> If you are already using the mirror, you will need to either switch >>> branch manually, or re-add it. >>> >>> >>> 2. The repository QA report [2] has been extended with some repository >>> statistics. In particular, the timestamp of the newest commit >>> and the number of valid (that is, those not dying in global scope) >>> ebuilds are reported. Additionally, the homepage link is now included >>> as well. >>> >>> This enables the Overlays team members to easily check which >>> repositories >>> are unmaintained and/or empty, and handle the issues more efficiently. >>> It can also be useful to users who want to figure out whether there's >>> a point in using a particular repository. >>> >>> >>> 3. I've tried to optimize the logic used to run QA checks on >>> repositories, and I think I was able to even the load better. >>> Additionally, I've repacked the git repositories to get rid of huge >>> number of loose objects. >>> >>> As a result, CI now runs faster. The gentoo-ci runs are down from 10-12 >>> minutes to 7-8 minutes, and pull requests from 16-18 minutes to 9-14 >>> minutes. However, I don't have exact results yet as the server is still >>> busy removing old files ;-). >>> >>> >>> 4. Finally, the mirroring code has been updated to correctly handle git >>> repositories for which 'master' is not the default branch. >>> >>> >>> Enjoy! >>> >>> >>> [1]:https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo >>> [2]:https://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/repos/ >> >> Sounds like a big improvement. I'm not too familiar with CI, so >> forgive me if this is obvious: should overlays now use the 'stable' >> branch as their primary remote, so they can ensure that any breakage >> introduced is caused by their own overlay instead of a flub by us? If >> so, then I wonder if this will help indirectly improve overlay quality. >> >> Being able to say "as of X commit, the tree is in good shape" is a big >> deal imo. Thanks for working to make that happen. Is there anything >> other devs can do to assist your development, or do we stick to the >> usual 'if in doubt talk to QA'? >> - -- >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > Well, my question is very basic. In the past, I've used euscan, the site > on gentooexperimental.org, or app-portage/euscan the software to > determine freshness of a package, for a variety of reasons. Is euscan > going to be tied-in or at least coordinated with CI for consistency? > > > James > > > > No clue. I believe patrick maintains that, so he'd be the guy to ask about that.
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