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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Idea for a feature
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Robert Collins |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Idea for a feature |
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Sat, 27 Dec 2003 11:39:34 +1100 |
On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 03:01, James Blackwell wrote:
> Why not add a =meta-info/last_changed file to archives? The purpose of
> this file is to hold the date that the archive was last modified.
> Archive-mirror could check this file for changes before it goes through
> the effort to find what has changed.
My first concern would be race conditions. All writers would need to
update the same file. Secondly, if you have different security on
different branches, you'd need to allow everyone with any write access
to alter meta-data, which is IMO not desirable.
Rob
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- [Gnu-arch-users] Idea for a feature, James Blackwell, 2003/12/25
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Idea for a feature,
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Idea for a feature, James Blackwell, 2003/12/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Idea for a feature, Tom Lord, 2003/12/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Idea for a feature, Robert Collins, 2003/12/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Idea for a feature, James Blackwell, 2003/12/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Idea for a feature, Tom Lord, 2003/12/27
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Idea for a feature, James Blackwell, 2003/12/27