On Sun, 2015-07-05 at 21:36 +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > Now we have .SRCINFO in source packages, it would be easy to add the > source packages to a repository and have pacman be able to access > them. > This will kill ABS in Arch! > > There are two ideas on how this should be handled: > > 1) Add source package information in the .db file if it is there when > a > package is added > > or > > 2) Have a separate .source repository > > I have listed the pros/cons of each approach here: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Allan/Pacman_Source_Reposit > ories > > > I personally like #2, because adding them to .db files is a major > increase in size. Currently, signatures take up ~55% of the average > sync database size. With the source package also having a signature, > that increases the db by slightly more than that much again. > > Any other comments to add to the debate before I make a final > decision > and implement this? >
Why in option #1, you doesn't follow the logic of debug repository? I mean have a dedicated repository where we only push source packages? This make us progress on having debug repository up and running. Cheers, -- Sébastien "Seblu" Luttringer https://seblu.net | Twitter: @seblu42 GPG: 0x2072D77A
