Re: snapshot.debian.net
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On 04-05-2005 12:35, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 12:09:49AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
>
>>On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 08:39:55AM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
>>
>>>On Monday 25 April 2005 08.03, Branden Robinson / Debian Project Leader
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>* establishing a backup site for ``snapshot.debian.net``
>>
>>>I wonder if snapshot shouldn't be promoted to an official debian.*org*
>>>service in recognition of its value to the project.
>>
>>One concern I have, personally, is over precisely how much value
>>snapshot.d.n provides to the *project*, as opposed to providing value to
>>others outside the project. Since DDs have access to recently removed
>>packages via the morgue on merkel (albeit not indexed nicely the way
>>snapshot.d.n currently is), I really wonder if this service should be a
>>priority for Debian to spend money on while our ports and other areas of
>>core infrastructure are in a state of disarray (IMHO).
>
>
> I think that snapshot.d.n is vital for such case as someone wanting to grab
> all the sources corresponding to the installed packages or something such.
Binaries (which takes up the huge amounts of space) are not needed for
that, right?
- Jonas
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