On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 11:23:07PM +0200, Xyne wrote: > Allan McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The .PKGINFO file is created by makepkg and compressed inside the > > package. When you upload a package to the server, this file is > > extracted and an entry is made for the pacman database using this > > information. So any change that alters the .PKGINFO file or any > > installed files requires a new binary upload. Have a look at a PKGINFO > > file and note there are very few things that you can change without > > uploading a new package. > > I know where the .PKGINFO is stored... I was just hoping that the > server would be "smart" enough to handle changes that don't really > require a package rebuild, e.g. extract .PKGINFO, update it, re-insert > it. Uploading 600 MB * 2 in this case to change a package description > just seems silly. > > Who's mostly in charge of handling such things? Maybe I can help out a > bit with some scripts or whatever (resumable uploads would also be > good, for instance).
You could start by looking at devtools. The community repo will be using that system in the near future.
