On Mon, 2009 Aug 17 20:58+0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > > I am concerned that there might be some users on low end systems with > poor bandwidth and/or disk space who might consider the traditional > lack of redundant downloads as a real feature. So, since a multi- > distro cache can't use short-filename packages, how about a > configurable approach? If we set the value of $new_filename to either > the long (new) or short (old) version dependent on a flag in %cfg. > Long filenames could even be the default for new installations. > Existing users wouldn't notice anything.
I was looking to avoid adding a new configuration option... it's more stuff that needs to be explained to the user, and IMHO, users with bandwidth/disk constraints already have ample reason to prefer path_map. > I actually have version 1.7 nearing completion. It contains goodies > like Range support, checking diskspace and cleaner (I hope!) handling > of requests and responses using objects. I think this might be > something to add in there. Yay! I'm glad to hear it's seeing improvements in other quarters as well :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
