Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:23:22 +0200 From: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> To: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org, re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nightly snapshot for CURRENT ? Message-ID: <20200727162322.b169f50d0007a09aba4df94b@bidouilliste.com> In-Reply-To: <20200727141413.GH34565@FreeBSD.org> References: <20200609214756.13e9cbbc2de12bbb78839875@bidouilliste.com> <20200609195630.GN97889@FreeBSD.org> <20200609220407.d745b7a073f58254ff2db714@bidouilliste.com> <20200724223135.7f3522f97968ce82b9b245ad@bidouilliste.com> <20200724220607.GG34565@FreeBSD.org> <20200725001452.152479d2afe405bfc4302863@bidouilliste.com> <20200724222839.GG61041@FreeBSD.org> <20200725122942.dcdfc0211bf6ab0706c86587@bidouilliste.com> <20200727141413.GH34565@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:14:13 +0000 Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 12:29:42PM +0200, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 22:28:39 +0000 > > Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 12:14:52AM +0200, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > > > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 22:06:07 +0000 > > > > Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 10:31:35PM +0200, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 22:04:07 +0200 > > > > > > Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 19:56:30 +0000 > > > > > > > Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 09:47:56PM +0200, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've just hit again something that I've hit (and probably others too) > > > > > > > > > often. > > > > > > > > > If a change in base break some ports and it's snapshoted in the txz > > > > > > > > > available at download.freebsd.org, you need to wait a week for the next > > > > > > > > > tarball to be available. > > > > > > > > > Since poudriere uses the tarball when you setup a jail it means that > > > > > > > > > the only solution you have is to recreate your jail by building it, and > > > > > > > > > since building world nowdays is very expensive that delay your work too > > > > > > > > > much. > > > > > > > > > Would it be possible to generate the tarballs every day instead of > > > > > > > > > every week ? At least for tier-1 arches. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Let's revisit this sometime next week after 11.4 is out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Glen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure, works for me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ping ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought the artifacts from the jenkins builder for CI were sufficient. > > > > > > > > > > Glen > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes and no, > > > > > > > > I can add something to poudriere for getting the tarballs from the CI > > > > artifacts but that won't be by default. > > > > > > > > > > To be honest, that would be the preferred route, since updating the > > > various *.txz distribution sets would break things like bootonly.iso, > > > mini-memstick.img, and so on. > > > > Why would it break things ? > > > > The bootonly.iso and mini-memstick.img do not contain the distribution > sets, only the MANIFEST file. So, people using these to install > a system would not be able to do so, because the checksums for the sets > would not match that in the MANIFEST. What about putting the daily sets in another directory ? With maybe the latest 7 days or something like that. > > > In other words, we already have a system in place that generates these > > > archive files, so I personally see no need to disrupt the "official" > > > snapshot build process to appease a subset of the user base while > > > unnecessarily adding a pain point for the rest. > > > > > > > If only the sets are generated each day I don't see how it can cause a > > pain to anyone. > > > > See above. > > Glen > -- Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
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