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

[Aaron Griffin]

On 10/22/07, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

I have a CVS tarball from tpowa and will work on getting a git repo
setup tonight (unless Dan wants to beat me to it).
I'll worry about the tarballs in FTP too.

Thanks for keeping up on this guys.
-- Aaron