[pacman-dev] [PATCH] etc: remove Arch-specific mirrorlist from repo

[Roman Kyrylych]

2008/1/11, Dan McGee <dan at archlinux.org>:
> We shouldn't have the stock config be Arch specific for a few reasons:
>
> * Although it is our package, others should be able to use it
> * Keeping the mirrorlist coupled to the pacman package makes it hard to push
>  updates to users without releasing a new copy of the pacman source
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan at archlinux.org>
> ---
> In all our other removals of things before 3.1.0, I probably should have done
> this too. I'm debating whether to queue this up for 3.1.1 or 3.2.0. I'd
> appreciate any input you guys have on this.
>
> This is the last thing in the code that is still tied tightly to Arch. I think
> a seperate 'core/mirrorlist' package would make a lot more sense here, or at
> least bundle it with filesystem or something. However, being its own package
> would be ideal becuase it could be version bumped at any time.
>

I think we can close FS#5885 after this (which means "yeah, bring it on!"). ;-)
I think separate mirrorlist package is better than merging it with
filesystem package
- it will be more clear to users what pacman is trying to update.
Of course, mirrorlist should be in a backup array. If user is
satisfied with his/her (sorted) mirrorlist - he/she can just delete
mirrorlist.pacnew.
And 3.1.1 is perfectly fine for this, no need to wait for 3.2.

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Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)