On Mar 26, 2010, at 16:02, Arthur Corliss wrote: > Why use rsync, then? Why not have checkpointed logs on cpan with > additions/removals logged by date so you can roll forward on the client, > processing only those files? It would be trivial to set up and a lot more > efficient.
I find it curious that everyone who's actually involved in syncing the files or running mirror servers seem to think it generally sounds like a good idea and everyone who doesn't say it's "not worth the effort". Anyway -- we have some other ideas for cutting down the number of files that we already agreed on but just needs announcement (which I promised to write up, oops). No, I'm not going to make Tim's mistake and suggest it here first. Tim: Next time just get the paint in your preferred color. :-) - ask
