From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexandre Oliva Subject: bug#14851: linux-libre-3.3.8-gnu disappeared Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:40:28 -0300 Message-ID: References: <201307121302.05303.andreas@enge.fr> <87zjtrfm39.fsf@gnu.org> <201307191851.47553.andreas@enge.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55473) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V0GZ2-000678-Bj for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:42:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V0GZ0-0001dU-Jv for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:42:04 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43726) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V0GZ0-0001dI-Ee for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:42:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V0GYz-00065z-MV for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:42:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <201307191851.47553.andreas@enge.fr> (Andreas Enge's message of "Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:51:47 +0200") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andreas Enge Cc: 14851@debbugs.gnu.org On Jul 19, 2013, Andreas Enge wrote: > Am Freitag, 19. Juli 2013 schrieb Alexandre Oliva: >> However, considering we put out multiple GBs of builds per >> week, I don't think it's realistic to keep them all forever. Not in our >> own server, not at ftp.gnu.org. > As far as I know, ftp.gnu.org would only be concerned with the source, I don't know about that. I've seen binaries in ftp.gnu.org in the past. This should indeed reduce significantly the space requirements to a bit less than 1GB per week, considering 4 releases per week in 3 different compression formats. OTOH, if we're to be strict, we should publish only the deblob scripts, for those are the ultimate sources produced by the GNU Linux-libre project. The tarballs and diffs and deltas are just the result of running those scripts on tarballs produced by third parties. The scripts would be trivial to retain indefinitely; even more so because they seldom change for stable releases. > and these source tarballs are usually kept indefinitely. > One also need not add the patch and diff files, so that the amount of > storage would be quite manageable. The diff files are probably no big deal (10% increase, not an order of magnitude like the build tarballs and debuginfo rpms). Excluding them would probably make for more work in the upload script, though. -- Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/ You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi Be Free! -- http://FSFLA.org/ FSF Latin America board member Free Software Evangelist Red Hat Brazil Compiler Engineer