Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of GNU/Linux via RPM

[Jaco Greeff]

>         Ok. Could you please register again and specify that you will
> only host spec files and not the actual distribution ? We don't have
> the resources for this. Storing spec files is ok, storing packages
> will use too much resources.


Loic,

I know you problably prefer the submission via savannah, but please bear 
with me. I just want to make 100% sure before submitting more requests 
that will be dead in the water.

I understand your resource constraints, however, we have the following 
in the planning/initial building stage to handle package updates. The 
program is called lvr-pkg, which downloads updated specs (.bz2'ed) and 
updated sources (.tar.bz2'ed) from a server if there is an update. We 
are focussing on providing only spec files, but also need sources 
distributed.

Now, this reduces the load significantly on any server: specs typically 
change and needs to be downloaded, packages (sources) stay current for 
much longer. In typicall distributions as small a change as a typo would 
require a redownload of the full SRPM/RPM, in our system it would only 
be the spec. (A K or two as compared to a Meg or two.) To build the new 
RPM you only need the changed spec, nothing more. (Providing you already 
have the source.)

We do not host packages (SRPMS/RPM) but do host sources. (My 
interpretation, your "package" might refer to the sources as well, hence 
the need for clarification.) For an example of what gets distributed, 
please take a look at

http://www.puxedo.org/lvr/download/[stable|unstable]/*

and

http://www.puxedo.org/lvr/download/[stable|unstable]/[SPECS|sources]

Would this scheme work or fall into the "large resource requirements 
rules this out" category?

Greetings,
Jaco