[arch-dev-public] [arch-commits] CVS update of extra/system/archboot (3 files)

[Dan McGee]

On 10/22/07, Jan de Groot <jan at jgc.homeip.net> wrote:
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: arch-commits-bounces at archlinux.org [mailto:arch-commits-
> > bounces at archlinux.org] Namens Tobias Powalowski
> > Verzonden: maandag 22 oktober 2007 13:25
> > Aan: arch-commits at archlinux.org
> > Onderwerp: [arch-commits] CVS update of extra/system/archboot (3 files)
> >
> >     Date: Monday, October 22, 2007 @ 07:24:43
> >   Author: tpowa
> >     Path: /home/cvs-extra/extra/system/archboot
> >
> >    Added: archboot-2007.11-1.tar.bz2 (1.1)
> > Modified: PKGBUILD (1.54 -> 1.55)
> >  Removed: archboot-0.4.27.tar.bz2 (1.1)
> >
> > 'upgpkg: update to new Core Dump release'
> >
> >
> >...
> >
> > Index: extra/system/archboot/archboot-0.4.27.tar.bz2
> > <<Binary file>>
> > Index: extra/system/archboot/archboot-2007.11-1.tar.bz2
> > <<Binary file>>
> >
>
> Why do we still store these big binaries in CVS? There's no sane version
> tracking for binary files and these things make checkouts very big (users
> who run abs get all this shit downloaded).
> I've enabled write access to /other/ for the ftp-arch group yesterday,
> please use that directory for such things. IMHO this directory should also
> replace the ~tpowa/, ~alexander/ and ~jgc/ things we're using at this moment
> to store unofficial source tarballs for packages (xulrunner comes to my
> mind).

Thanks for stealing the words out of my mouth. This is really
rediculous because of abs, and the fact that I've had to go into CVS
and delete these because I realized it was happening- that should NOT
be my job.

Please move this stuff to other.

-Dan