Re: Whatever happened to apt-sync?
Evan wrote: IIRC, it was going to provide delta updates. Smaller server load, smaller downloads, etc. It's a great idea, but seems to be dead. All of the pages I can find that mention it are early 2007. Is there any particular reason that it never went anywhere? In 2006 I participated in summer of code to implement this, the project website is: https://launchpad.net/apt-sync The code is functional and I'm using it successfully on my home computer (usually saving around 50-90% on minor updates and 30% on a dist-upgrade), however I do not have resources available to distribute aptsync files, so it's not possible for me to perform any wide-scale testing. The issue is: AptSync requires a repository of `.aptsync' files to be stored server-side. These .aptsync files store control information about each file in the actual Ubuntu repository. To host such a repository, the following would be required: * Local access to a complete and up-to-date Ubuntu mirror * The ability to run `aptsyncmake' (Python) to construct .aptsync files for every file in the mirror * Webspace to store the repository. A rough estimate of space required is 50-100MB, and it need not be stored in the original repository tree (or even on the same server) If anyone has the above resources and would be willing to help me get this project into swing, then I'd be happy to hear! Alternatively, I've been toying with the idea of setting up a mechanism to automatically create and distribute aptsync files via peer-to-peer. Felix -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Whatever happened to apt-sync?
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Felix Feyertag [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 2006 I participated in summer of code to implement this, the project website is: https://launchpad.net/apt-sync The code is functional and I'm using it successfully on my home computer (usually saving around 50-90% on minor updates and 30% on a dist-upgrade), however I do not have resources available to distribute aptsync files, so it's not possible for me to perform any wide-scale testing. The issue is: AptSync requires a repository of `.aptsync' files to be stored server-side. These .aptsync files store control information about each file in the actual Ubuntu repository. To host such a repository, the following would be required: * Local access to a complete and up-to-date Ubuntu mirror * The ability to run `aptsyncmake' (Python) to construct .aptsync files for every file in the mirror * Webspace to store the repository. A rough estimate of space required is 50-100MB, and it need not be stored in the original repository tree (or even on the same server) If anyone has the above resources and would be willing to help me get this project into swing, then I'd be happy to hear! Alternatively, I've been toying with the idea of setting up a mechanism to automatically create and distribute aptsync files via peer-to-peer. Felix If the code is functional, shouldn't this be pushed to Ubuntu to be used by their repositories? Or would the CPU drain for aptsyncmake on that many packages be too much? -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Whatever happened to apt-sync?
Evan wrote: If the code is functional, shouldn't this be pushed to Ubuntu to be used by their repositories? Or would the CPU drain for aptsyncmake on that many packages be too much? I would like to set up a repository of aptsync files, and if this can be done on the Ubuntu servers, that would be great. aptsyncmake would initially need to be run once for every file in the repository, and then whenever a new file is added, but I think the CPU load should be manageable. Felix -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
