From: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
To: Sree Harsha Totakura <sreeharsha@totakura.in>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Hydra serving source tarballs
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:14:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140212131401.GA23324@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52FB6A52.3090302@totakura.in>
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 01:34:26PM +0100, Sree Harsha Totakura wrote:
> I just observed that `guix build' is downloading source tarballs from
> Hydra. Is this supposed to be a feature? If so, what is the rationale
> behind not trying to download the source ball from mirrors or upstream
> download addresses?
I think it is a feature for tarballs that have disappeared from upstream
(it sounds a bit crazy, but some projects delete old versions, or move them
to a separate location). Some also modify the tarball without giving it
a new name.
I think it is a bug because usually hydra is slower than upstream.
Using "--no-substitutes" prevents the download of tarballs, but also the
maybe desired download of binaries from hydra.
I would be in favour of downloading tarballs from upstream by default, and,
if it fails, keeping tarball downloads from hydra as a last resort.
Andreas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-12 13:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-12 12:34 Hydra serving source tarballs Sree Harsha Totakura
2014-02-12 13:14 ` Andreas Enge [this message]
2014-02-12 17:34 ` Ludovic Courtès
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