On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:12:24 -0500 Rich Freeman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Francesco R. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > long story short > > having a portage-20130126.tar.bz2 snapshot (before the EAPI 5 > > switch) greatly simplified the upgrade of an old server on a client. > > > > Why not keep a copy on the servers? I mean > > http://distfiles.gentoo.org/snapshots/ > > > > Going back in time with portage is the easy part - it is in CVS. > > The real problem is all the distfiles themselves, especially things > like out-of-tree patch tarballs hosted by devs. The mirroring system could be adjusted to keep around @system distfiles for a longer time, or alternatively snapshot them when the above snapshot is made; which should be able to solve this problem. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : [email protected] GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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