Re: On adding size info to Packages files [very long]
Hi,
>>"Brederlow" == Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
Brederlow> The size file should be generated by the server. Here are
Brederlow> the reasons:
I am (perhaps unnecessarily) worried about time requirements
Brederlow> 1. The upload should be unpacked to check if the gz is not
Brederlow> corrupted. (Far to often some Package is broken)
This would be a lintian check. It is better done on the
maintainer machine.
Brederlow> 2. The du indexes should be gathered and pipe into one file to gain
Brederlow> far better compression.
They shall be, for the Sizes.gz files (analogous to Packages.gz
file). The reason to have them in a separate dir is that if one
package changes, it is easier to replace a sizes file, zcat all sizes
files into a big one, re-gzip that, and get a new Sizes.gz file.
Brederlow> 3. Maintainer will forget to include a du index or have different
Brederlow> block sizes.
This can be made policy and a lintian check. We have to trust
the maintainers a trifle ;-)
Brederlow> The Server should hold a unpacked Version of each Package's du index
Brederlow> and after processing all uploads it should combine and pack them.
Quite so.
manoj
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