[gentoo-dev] Re: GLEP 27

[Duncan]

Doug Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED],
excerpted below, on  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:35:36 -0400:

 How does everyone feel about the proposed layout and syntaxes of GLEP
 27?
 
 Do we want to revisit this GLEP with an updated GLEP or status quo?
 
 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0027.html

For those who don't know their GLEPs by number, this is
Portage management of UIDs/GIDs.

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[gentoo-dev] Re: GLEP 27: Revisited (aka dynusers/creandus)

[Duncan]

Mike Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted
[EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on  Tue,
03 Oct 2006 13:46:03 -0400:

 Does it need to be tons and tons of small files, or can
 we get away with a set of larger files with some sort of header?
 
 Hmm, parsing that would be a more difficult task for my scripts (which
 are just basic bash code doing some greps). Also, it seems like the many
 small files are easier to maintain. I don't know enough about rsync to
 know how it would affect efficiency, though. It's something I'll try
 and look into further.

Also keep in mind the effect of many small files on block oriented
filesystems like ext2/3/4.  Some of us use reiserfs or similar
compacting filesystems where it matters little for our local copy of
the tree, but not everybody does, and that file-per-block thing can make a
sizable difference on small files in quantity.

FWIW I prefer the small files for ease of adm. as well, but just sayin'.

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