In Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Pantyukhin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/16/06, Andrew Pantyukhin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to propose a policy to enforce a change in > > DIST_SUBDIR whenever a distfile is rerolled in-place, i.e. > > when checksum changes, but name stays unchanged. > > > > Moreover, effort should be made whenever possible to > > make the old file available for download from an > > alternative location. > > > > This policy will rid us of some fetch-related headaches. > > It also will make it possible to share distfiles between > > hosts with ports trees of different dates. Some rare issues > > might also be resolved as a result of this. For one, ftp > > mirrors could be configured to allow upload, but deny > > modification and/or deletion. > > > > One thing I would personally frown upon is using > > something like "fetch -o othername" to save a file with a > > different name. It looks all right, but it prevents us from > > looking for mirrors in an automated way when master > > sites go down. I understand your point...but how do you do the source tar ball is not redistributable? (though such a case is very minor exception) > Well, if no one is really against, I'll start preparing statements > for documentation and thinking about a way to watch for > "violations". I also intend to go through CVS and find past > "offenders" to prod them about it. > > The recent openoffice update rerolled a file in-place, and while > it may seem irrelevant or even beneficial (erasing 286Mb of > the old file), the fact is that it prevents us from keeping distfile > history on unversioned file servers, not to mention problems > with fetch many of us experience. Okay. Please do an official statement for the filename. thanks -- NAKATA, Maho ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
