gtristan commented on PR #15: URL: https://github.com/apache/buildstream-plugins/pull/15#issuecomment-1173628745
> Maybe I'll let your past self answer the question: https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/bst-external/-/merge_requests/157#note_836698782 Gotcha. > This is not exactly correct for tar either. tar has a shortcut that makes it not download unconditionally. At fetch time we use the etag feature to avoid already downloaded tarballs. At track time the presumption is that we must determine what the `sha` is, so we must unconditionally download it to determine the sha. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
