Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:31:20 +0400 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> To: "FreeBSD Ports" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Enforcing "DIST_SUBDIR/DISTFILE" uniqueness Message-ID: <cb5206420608160931q65adc8fft6084e7f498b403f5@mail.gmail.com>
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I'd like to propose a policy to enforce a change in DIST_SUBDIR whenever a distfile is rerolled in-place, i.e. when checksum changes, but name stays unchanged. Moreover, effort should be made whenever possible to make the old file available for download from an alternative location. This policy will rid us of some fetch-related headaches. It also will make it possible to share distfiles between hosts with ports trees of different dates. Some rare issues might also be resolved as a result of this. For one, ftp mirrors could be configured to allow upload, but deny modification and/or deletion. One thing I would personally frown upon is using something like "fetch -o othername" to save a file with a different name. It looks all right, but it prevents us from looking for mirrors in an automated way when master sites go down.
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