On 14/08/15 05:44, Sébastien Luttringer wrote: > 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. >
Debug packages are just normal packages. There is nothing stopping them being added to a repository today. (This would take about an hour for someone to make the necessary patching to Arch tools...) Allan
