On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 03:02:22PM -0800, 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.
Because the most important mirror sites mirror CPAN as just a very small part of what they do. They won't want to have to use weird tools for just that tiny corner of their disk. -- David Cantrell | London Perl Mongers Deputy Chief Heretic I caught myself pulling grey hairs out of my beard. I'm definitely not going grey, but I am going vain.