On 15.08.2010 09:16, Angel Velásquez wrote: > > Well, I am not against those games.. and stuff, but, if adding 6 games > == ~3GB .. repos will have to syncronize and waste a lot of bandwith > with these games. The toll will be 1600MB at worst, so not that big of an issue. Even then, I kind of dislike the use of "waste" here. If these packages are useful or even fun, how can one be talking of a waste? Also, 1600MB in either disk space or bandwidth should be not a problem at all for our mirrors compared to the daily amount Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora packages, ISO spins and whatnot that they have to mirror. Debian alone takes 430GB for a full mirror. Arch is smaller than a tenth of that.
> I'd say that since games are popular they should have their own repo > .. like [games] (please don't kill me), last time I said that was > because of nexuiz .. so people who like to have some repos, can decide > if download games or not... (I particurarly won't do it for my > personal purposes since I don't use to game, not in pc, not in Linux, > not now :P). > If mirror size and bandwidth are not issues, how to justify a [games] repo? Also, [games] may only mark the beginning. Why not also [office], [multimedia] and [dev]? I really don't want to go there. Adding more repos will only make Arch less simple but what do we gain? > But if those packages are popular and maintainer can handle the > bandwidth and mirrors won't complain about it, im fine with it. > > Cheers > Well, I said I'd be fine with the maintaining.
