W dniu nie, 08.07.2018 o godzinie 11∶57 -0700, użytkownik Zac Medico napisał: > On 07/08/2018 11:42 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > > W dniu nie, 08.07.2018 o godzinie 11∶04 -0700, użytkownik Zac Medico > > napisał: > > > On 07/08/2018 06:56 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > > > > W dniu nie, 08.07.2018 o godzinie 15∶02 +0200, użytkownik Kristian > > > > Fiskerstrand napisał: > > > > > On 07/08/2018 08:53 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > > > > > > Is safe git syncing implemented already? If not, maybe finish it > > > > > > first and cover both with a single news item. Git is going to be > > > > > > more efficient here, so people may want to learn they have an > > > > > > alternative. > > > > > > > > > > Why complicate things, and increase wait for something that benefits > > > > > most users, just to give alternatives to a few using non-default sync > > > > > mechanism. Securing git distribution is a whole different ballpark. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Let me rephrase. Let's say I'm using rsync. This new feature is > > > > something positive but it breaks my use case (for one of the listed > > > > reasons -- overlayfs, inode use, small fs cache). After reading this > > > > news item, I learn that my only option is to disable the new feature. > > > > > > > > Now, I would appreciate being told that there's an alternate sync method > > > > that handles secure updates without having all those drawbacks. > > > > > > The thing is, the normal git tree doesn't even provide pre-generated > > > metadata, and I see then gentoo-mirror repo that provides metadata does > > > not have commits signed with an release key: > > > > > > https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo/commits/stable > > > > > > So I'm really not comfortable recommending git to anyone at this point. > > > > Wrong twice. > > > > Firstly, the canonical URL is: > > > > https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/repo/sync/gentoo.git > > (https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/sync/gentoo.git) > > > > Secondly, the merge commits (i.e. top commits that are verified > > by Portage) are signed by dedicated key that is part of the infra key > > set. In other words, it works out of the box. > > Is there any documentation that shows users how to migrate to git, and > what the pros and cons might be? Maybe its worthy of its own news item.
Maybe. I don't really know, and don't think it's a good idea to show 30 news item of things users might like on every new Gentoo install. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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