21 Dec
2011
21 Dec
'11
2:41 a.m.
Probably more than a bit.
<grin>
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 20 December 2011 18:46, Keith Daniels <keithwdaniels(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
PKGBUILDs only work for arch linux :)
I think you're just a bit confused on this. we all do use the same source
however
On 20 December 2011 18:08, Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net>
wrote:
I'm still trying to understand Arch's packaging system so I might have
misinterpreted your comment.
Are you thinking that you could make different PKGBUILD files for the
different distros and use the same source code for all distros.
Since PKGBUILDs are scripts you should even be able to add scripts
that alter the source code as needed for specific distros prior to
building.
> On 20 December 2011 16:58, Timothy Pearson
> <kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net>wrote;wrote:
>
>> > FYI the TDE mirror system is down due to permanent uidaho mirror
>> server
>> > failure and secondary mirror server misconfiguration.
>> >
>> > Details here: http://trinity-announce.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::16
>> >
>> > I am working to resolve this issue, however given the limited
>> > upload
>> > bandwidth of the TDE servers and lack of donations it may be
>> > several
>> weeks
>> > before service is 100% restored.
>> >
>> > Note that all non-mirrored TDE services, such as the website,
>> > mailing
>> > lists, GIT, Wiki, and bugtracker will all continue to function
>> normally.
>> > This failure affects mirrored source tarballs and binary packages
>> ONLY.
>> >
>> > Tim
>>
>> To make matters worse the secondary mirror at mirror.tokra.lv was
>> taken
>> offline some time ago without my knowledge. The maintainer of that
>> mirror
>> silently redirected all access to uidaho, so my automated checks did
>> not
>> detect a problem until today. That mirror maintainer does not want
>> to
>> reactivate his mirror, so the TDE binary/source archive mirror
>> system
>> will
>> stay down until new mirrors can be brought up from scratch.
>>
>> I am looking into a number of the suggestions given in this thread.
>> I
>> also have received mirror offers from several individuals, which are
>> greatly appreciated! At this point it looks like any delay will be
>> due
>> to
>> the limited TDE project bandwidth combined with the sheer size of
>> the
>> TDE
>> source/binary archive.
>>
>> Further updates will be forthcoming as events warrant. Thank you
>> all
>> for
>> your patience!
>>
>> Tim
>>
>
>
> Even more reason to switch to xz packages :)
>
Not trivial I'm afraid. The majority of the mirror archive is consumed
in
binary packages, which must be compressed according to each
distribution's
policies.
Tim
Of course but after Arch Linux switched to xz I was mightily impressed.
I
wonder what policies exist.