On Tuesday 14 January 2014 17:34:55 Anil Madhavapeddy wrote: > On 14 Jan 2014, at 17:11, Louis Gesbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Last addition was the possibility for packagers to specify `archive: > > ["upstream-url" "mirror1" "mirror2"]` in the url files, so that we have a > > way to circumvent downtime of package hosting servers -- like recently > > happened for camlcity with dire consequences for new OPAM installations > > (ocamlfind could not be installed). We are working on a more general > > mirroring solution for the next release. > > I don't think this should be included in 1.1.1, since it changes the > repository format. For instance, is there a clear backwards compatibility > story for 1.1.0 clients that connect to a repository that includes multiple > archives?
Indeed, that would break (quite badly) -- Thomas thought that the url file already supported (unused) archive lists, but that must have been removed at some point. If it's very important to have this now, I can modify the patch so that it only changes the repo in a 1.1.0-compatible way, by adding a `mirror` field instead of changing the current type of the `archive` and similar fields. I tend to think that the smoothness of upgrade may be worth the slightly less clear resulting file format. Any opinions on this ? The problem still exists even if we shift that after release. Cheers, Louis _______________________________________________ Platform mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/platform
