Re: My views on release management

["James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>]

Brandon Mitchell <bmitch@atdot.org> writes:
>  I'd also suggest flattening the symlinks at the beginning of
>the freeze for the mirrors to catch up earlier rather than later.

I second this suggestion.

Further, I ask that the flattening not be done all at once.  Instead,
stage it by section:

    day 1: */binary-*/{admin,base,comm}
    day 2: */binary-*/devel
    day 3: */binary-*/{doc,editors,electronics}
    ...

That way, the mirrors don't have to catch up on everything in one day.
You could stage them by architecture instead, but then you would get a
big hit on "i386 day".

		      - Jim Van Zandt