[arch-dev-public] [DRAFT] Deprecation of the ABS tool and rsync server

[Bartłomiej Piotrowski]

There we go. Far from perfect, happy to hear suggestions from spirits of
poetry.

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Due to high maintenance costs of rsync server and scripts related to
Arch Build System, we have decided to deprecate the `abs` tool and rsync
as endorsed way of obtaining PKGBUILDs tree.

The `asp` tool, available in [extra], provides similar functionality to
`abs`.  `asp export pkgname` can be used as direct alternative; more
information about usage can be found in [its documentation][asp].
Additionally Subversion sparse checkouts, as described [here][svn], can
be used to achieve similar effect.  For fetching all PKGBUILDs, the best
way is cloning [svntogit][git] mirrors.

While `extra/abs` package has been already dropped, rsync endpoint will
be disabled by the end of the month.

[asp]: https://github.com/falconindy/asp/blob/master/man/asp.1.txt
[svn]: https://www.archlinux.org/svn/
[git]: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/

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