I've today from scratch implemented a new vendor version tracker for
OpenPKG-CURRENT development which now finally replaces the bi-daily
regular openpkg-dev@openpkg.org mails -- which most of you do not read
or don't want to read anyway ;-).
http://www.openpkg.org/development/tracker/
The advantages of the new vendor version tracking are:
1. It is split into a tracking (periodic cron job) and a reporting part
(on-demand user interface). The tracking part stores its information
into a database and the reporting part is a Web UI which renders the
information on-the-fly (even while a current tracking is still in
progress).
2. The tracking part caches all %track sections of the
OpenPKG-CURRENT .spec files and this way is a lot faster (and
consumes dramatically less server resources) as it no longer has to
extract the sections over and over again (keep in mind that we have
nearly 1000 packages and forking "openpkg rpm" 1000 times costs lots
of resources!).
3. As the tracking information is stored in a database and old
information is kept for a certain period of time, the reporting can
be more useful by sorting the results according to the tracking
repetition counter. New packages which were tracked already more
often than others are sorted below the others. Failing trackings
which occurred more often than others are sorted over the others.
4. As the reporting part is a Web UI, a click on a package
directly lets one visit the tracked URL. This especially allows
quicker error checking (packages which failed to track) and this way
fixing of broken or out-dated %track sections.
Those who want to contribute to OpenPKG-CURRENT, please feel free to
visit the above URL at any time and commit package upgrades to our CVS
according to the latest tracking results you can find there.
Ralf S. Engelschall
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.engelschall.com
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