Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: proj/en/perl/outdated-cpan-packages.xml automatic update

[Robin H. Johnson]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 10:46:14AM +0200, Torsten Veller wrote:
> * "Robin H. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 07:33:11AM +0200, Torsten Veller wrote:
> > > * "Robin H. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > > And something is broken with CPAN, just in time for us :-).
> > > > Manually browsing give me:
> > > > http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Email-MessageID-1.400/
> > > 
> > > This version was released yesterday.
> > > 
> > > > But using CPAN itself gives me:
> > > > Email::MessageID  1.351  
> > > > R/RJ/RJBS/Email-MessageID-1.351.tar.gz
> > > It's in here:
> > > Last-Updated: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:26:55 GMT
> > > Email::MessageID  1.400 
> > > R/RJ/RJBS/Email-MessageID-1.400.tar.gz
> > If you look at the commits that the script made, some of the CPAN
> > mirrors had Email-MessageID-1.400 in the index, but others didn't.
> 
> :
> :
> The mirrors are not all syncing from the master site and sync
> at different times probably only once a day while the master
> gets update more often.
> So a new module can be missing on some servers.
> 
> Then again some servers are not uptodate at all.
> 
> archive.cs.uu.nl: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:26:55 GMT
> arwen.cs.dal.ca:  Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:28:05 GMT
> cpan.biz.net.id:  Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:27:30 GMT
> cpan.catalyst.net.nz: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:27:05 GMT
> cpan.mirror.ac.za:Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:27:30 GMT
> cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr:  Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:26:50 GMT
> cpan.mirror.choon.net:Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:27:05 GMT
> cpan.mirror.clemson.edu:  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:26:48 GMT
> cpan.net.pl:  Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:02:47 GMT
> cpan.triplemind.com:  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:02:58 GMT
> cpan.velug.org.ve:Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:27:05 GMT
> 
> For the scipt we should use a reliable mirror or the master site.
Which one is the actual master, or would you recommend as a highly
reliable site, just for running the script and not getting flapping in
result sets.

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[gentoo-dev] Re: proj/en/perl/outdated-cpan-packages.xml automatic update

[Torsten Veller]

* "Robin H. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 07:33:11AM +0200, Torsten Veller wrote:
> > * "Robin H. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > And something is broken with CPAN, just in time for us :-).
> > > Manually browsing give me:
> > > http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Email-MessageID-1.400/
> > 
> > This version was released yesterday.
> > 
> > > But using CPAN itself gives me:
> > > Email::MessageID  1.351  
> > > R/RJ/RJBS/Email-MessageID-1.351.tar.gz
> > It's in here:
> > Last-Updated: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:26:55 GMT
> > Email::MessageID  1.400 
> > R/RJ/RJBS/Email-MessageID-1.400.tar.gz
> If you look at the commits that the script made, some of the CPAN
> mirrors had Email-MessageID-1.400 in the index, but others didn't.

:
:
The mirrors are not all syncing from the master site and sync
at different times probably only once a day while the master
gets update more often.
So a new module can be missing on some servers.

Then again some servers are not uptodate at all.

archive.cs.uu.nl: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:26:55 GMT
arwen.cs.dal.ca:  Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:28:05 GMT
cpan.biz.net.id:  Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:27:30 GMT
cpan.catalyst.net.nz: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:27:05 GMT
cpan.mirror.ac.za:Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:27:30 GMT
cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr:  Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:26:50 GMT
cpan.mirror.choon.net:Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:27:05 GMT
cpan.mirror.clemson.edu:  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:26:48 GMT
cpan.net.pl:  Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:02:47 GMT
cpan.triplemind.com:  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:02:58 GMT
cpan.velug.org.ve:Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:27:05 GMT

For the scipt we should use a reliable mirror or the master site.

Thanks.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: proj/en/perl/outdated-cpan-packages.xml automatic update

[Robin H. Johnson]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 07:33:11AM +0200, Torsten Veller wrote:
> * "Robin H. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 06:20:57PM -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> > > To help out the perl team, I converted their up2date-ng script running
> > > to be purely automatic from cvs.g.o now, it will run daily at 01h52 UTC.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > > If you touch up2date_package.altname or up2date_package.mask please give
> > > me a shout so I can ensure updated copies on the server.
> > And something is broken with CPAN, just in time for us :-).
> > Manually browsing give me:
> > http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Email-MessageID-1.400/
> 
> This version was released yesterday.
> 
> > But using CPAN itself gives me:
> > Email::MessageID  1.351  
> > R/RJ/RJBS/Email-MessageID-1.351.tar.gz
> It's in here:
> Last-Updated: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:26:55 GMT
> Email::MessageID  1.400 R/RJ/RJBS/Email-MessageID-1.400.tar.gz
If you look at the commits that the script made, some of the CPAN
mirrors had Email-MessageID-1.400 in the index, but others didn't.

-- 
Robin Hugh Johnson
Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy
E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[gentoo-dev] Re: proj/en/perl/outdated-cpan-packages.xml automatic update

[Torsten Veller]

* "Robin H. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 06:20:57PM -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> > To help out the perl team, I converted their up2date-ng script running
> > to be purely automatic from cvs.g.o now, it will run daily at 01h52 UTC.

Thanks.

> > If you touch up2date_package.altname or up2date_package.mask please give
> > me a shout so I can ensure updated copies on the server.
> And something is broken with CPAN, just in time for us :-).
> Manually browsing give me:
> http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Email-MessageID-1.400/

This version was released yesterday.

> But using CPAN itself gives me:
> Email::MessageID  1.351  
> R/RJ/RJBS/Email-MessageID-1.351.tar.gz

It's in here:
Last-Updated: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:26:55 GMT
Email::MessageID  1.400 R/RJ/RJBS/Email-MessageID-1.400.tar.gz