Then I would like to forward the question to the p2 experts. Does p2.mirrorsURL work in combination with .blobstore?
Cheers Alexander Am 20.06.2012 um 17:46 schrieb Denis Roy: > .blobstore directories are being mirrored: > > http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/eclipse/egf/updates/helios/0.6.0_old/.blobstore/ > http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/eclipse/egf/updates/indigo/1.0.0RC2/.blobstore/ > > Denis > > > On 06/20/2012 11:36 AM, David M Williams wrote: >> I find this "interesting" for a couple of reasons. >> >> It sounds like we do not mirror .blobstore directories? Denis, can you >> confirm rsync rules? It would kind of make sense not to by default, since >> "dot directory" ... but, seems ".blobstore" should be an exception. >> >> I'm not sure of all the ins and outs (a p2 expert could speak to this) but >> sometimes "publishing a repo" puts all the jar.pack.gz files in .blobstore >> directory instead of as peers to their corresponding jars. >> >> Second, if we "must not" use .blobstore for eclipse foundation mirrored >> repos, I am not sure we have ever documented that or provided any "how to". >> And, if I recall, the "how to" isn't obvious ... not too hard once you know >> the trick ... but, I do not recall the trick right off (I believe it has to >> do with "copying properties from existing repo" that does not use >> .blobstore, but I don't recall how to "get" that original repo?). >> >> Sounds like you solved this recently, Alexander, ... perhaps you could add a >> note to >> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox/p2/p2.mirrorsURL >> if/when Denis confirms "can not" (or, "should not", or "must not") mirror >> .blobstore directories? >> >> [And, I should apologize in advance if this is actually documented/discussed >> somewhere already ... sometimes I forget what I don't know :) ] >> >> Thank you both! >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Denis Roy <denis....@eclipse.org> >> To: cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org, >> Date: 06/20/2012 09:08 AM >> Subject: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Testing p2.mirrorsURL >> Sent by: cross-project-issues-dev-boun...@eclipse.org >> >> >> >> Alexander, >> >> Thanks for testing that. >> >> I hope other projects are also testing their repos for mirror >> functionality... I will accept criticism that download.eclipse.org is >> slow due to our bandwidth limitations, but if mirrors are not being >> used, that makes matters much worse. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Denis >> >> >> On 06/20/2012 12:45 AM, Alexander Nyßen wrote: >> > Just in case somebody might be interested: it seems that the mirror >> > problem was caused by having the update-site in a format that included a >> > .blobstore for the pack.gz files. Having converted the update-site to a >> > form, where pack.gz files are located next to the related bundles, I could >> > observe a different output this morning (after there are now a couple of >> > mirrors that have updated themselves to the changes). >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Alexander > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev -- Dr. Alexander Nyßen Dipl.-Inform. Software-Engineer Telefon: +49 (0) 231 / 98 60-210 Telefax: +49 (0) 231 / 98 60-211 Mobil: +49 (0) 151 / 17396743 http://www.itemis.de alexander.nys...@itemis.de itemis AG Am Brambusch 15-24 44536 Lünen Rechtlicher Hinweis: Amtsgericht Dortmund, HRB 20621 Vorstand: Jens Wagener (Vors.), Wolfgang Neuhaus, Dr. Georg Pietrek, Jens Trompeter, Sebastian Neus Aufsichtsrat: Dr. Burkhard Igel (Vors.), Stephan Grollmann, Michael Neuhaus
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