On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 20:36 +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> OE already has all the code needed to take cvs, svn and git checkout
> tarballs from a mirror server (CVS_TARBALL_STASH). It also generates
> these tarballs as part of its build process. All you'd need to do is
> have a server running "bitbake xyz -c fetch" outside the firewall to
> generate the tarballs and then the internal server having access to
> these tarballs by pointing at them with the CVS_TARBALL_STASH
variable.
>
> oesources.org was one attempt to do this to reduce load on CVS and SVN
> servers. The tricky bit is managing the tarballs so you don't run out
of
> disk space!
I've been pretty much lacking the will to write those bits recently, so
please speak up if you have the burning urge to make it happen. I can
possibly host it or point the oesources.org DNS someplace else. I do
plan to get to this eventually, but if this is something you guys need
in a hurry as part of your work I wouldn't recommend waiting on me. :)
Greg
ps
Sorry Richard, I think I sent a copy directly to you before I realized I
hadn't used list reply.
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