Re: special provisions when etch makes it to archives?
Joerg Jaspert (joerg@debian.org) wrote on 30 January 2010 17:16:
>> Are there going to special provisions for mirrors that hold
>> debian-archive when etch is moved from the master to the archives?
>
>> I'm saking because it would be stupid to wake up one morning with etch
>> gone, when it could be moved to the archive tree without having to
>> download the entire version again (only to land a couple of dirs above
>> the structure it was early in that day.)
>
>Right now - no. :)
>(Also, we will not delete it immediately on 15th Feb, it will be some
>time later, probably March).
>
>So if you have a good suggestion, jump up now. :)
It should be hardlinked to the new location, and removal should only
happen after some days, to let mirrors catch up with the hardlinks.
If the trees are not in the same filesystem there's no way to avoid
copying. In this case mirrors should copy locally and just sync with
the master instead of downloading everything.
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