>>> jdd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/13/07 7:03 PM >>> >Stanislav Visnovsky wrote: > > That would assume there is a detection that the repos are in fact the >same. > >given they are said to be mirrors, this could be acheived :-) - >usually the folder name is the same (SUSE/10.2/, for example - the >other part varies)
That would cause many conflicts which in fact are none. Just one example: VLC. The repo is found at http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/10.2 (ok: seems we just had the *LUCK* to use a small *U*, otherwise YOUR mirror detector would warn me from adding this repo alredy ? I think the fact of having SUSE and 10.2 in the path does not qualify at all to recognize a mirror. It only qualifies to have a sanity check if we're putting a repo for the right version in our installation. >> I don't think this is realistic - this would mean a globally unique >> identification of a repository. A checksum might work out, or not. > >no, the problem arise when the two mirrors are not in sync, so the >checksum is to be different but should not :-( Exactly n the mirrors being out of sync lies the problem. What do you give them to be sure they are equal? There will always be a mirror not in sync with another one... every checksumming will lead to failures. For this I COULD see a solution though: having a media.dsc in the root of the repo, that is not dependent of the content but specifies the name. But then we come flux to the point: GUID. How can you make sure this will never ever conflict with another source? And in plus, it does not help you sort out mirrors that are not updating. >but, thinking, may be all this could be avoided using only >download.opensuse.org as a souce. I know this is not always the better >choice nowaday, but it could be (?) easier to fix >download.opensuse.org than any other mirror. For this to get any use for normal people, the speed has to improve drastically! I changed all my repos away from opensuse.org, as the redirector is way off regarding speed. I preferred looking around for some mirrors for the online source and also for the buildservice repos. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
