Re: snapshot.debian.net
On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 06:54:06PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
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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:
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> >>On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 08:39:55AM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
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> >>>On Monday 25 April 2005 08.03, Branden Robinson / Debian Project Leader
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> >>>>* 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.
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> Binaries (which takes up the huge amounts of space) are not needed for
> that, right?
Not really, but the Packages file mentioning them are needed.
Binaries have other uses though, especially once something did really break
and the only way to fix it is going to s.d.n.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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