Am 24.03.2014 23:35, schrieb Sébastien Luttringer:
Hello,
As you may know I'm running ARM[1] since the last maintainer resign in August 2013. I would like to propose its addition into our official services.
My current suggestion is to keep the current server and hierarchy and to move it under an archlinux.org subdomain. So far, best suggestions are: - archive.archlinux.org - museum.archlinux.org - rollback.archlinux.org
Current cost in byte is: # du -hcs 2013 2014 111G 2013 55G 2014 165G total
In a second time, we could: - move the files on an official server - move installer backups[2] - add AUR - backup them (by mirroring or others)
Current used scripts are freely available here[3].
[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ARM [2] https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre/archive/ [3] https://github.com/seblu/armtools
Hi, In general I think having a reliable package archive would be quite beneficial to us and our users. IMHO we should support such an effort financially and technically. I had used the original one to find a few regressions and also test certain upgrade scenarios. I would feel bad if we base our technical decision on a misinterpretation or abuse of some users who are unwilling to read documentation or warnings. Of course downgrading will be kept unsupported. I think we really shouldn't name it ARM or use the word rollback at all. Let's call it package archive. That's more to the point and neutral related to its possible usage. So I guess names like archive.archlinux.org or museum.archlinux.org should be safer to avoid misunderstandings. I would also concentrate on the first step for now. We could setup a master server that holds the old packages of one or two years (depending on the available disk space). We should also setup a rsync setup like we have on nymeria and see if we can find people who like to mirror it. About 200GB is quite a lot, but not that unrealistic to host. The traffic should be way less than for a regular mirror though. Greetings, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://pierre-schmitz.com