On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Lee Winter wrote: > > [1] Which now supports mirroring everything needed to to create CD > > images using debian-cd, including (released) D-I images and the > > "docs" and "tools" directories :-) > > Would you please describe what is left that the new version of > debmirror will _not_ mirror?
Below are the remaining restrictions, at least those that I'm aware of. - Does not mirror translations of descriptions (dists/*/*/i18n/*). This is really the main open feature request. - Does not mirror and use diff files for Contents files. Mainly a performance issue. Not very important for most users. Both of the above items needed a change on the mirrors themselves, and as it happens both were implemented today (thanks Joerg!). - Does not mirror Contents files for udebs. Not sure if that will be easy to add now. Again, not all that important. - The special directories (doc, tools, indices) can only be mirrored using rsync. My position on that is that it's more a feature than a bug. Note that most users should not need indices (which is huge). - Only mirrors _current_ D-I images; the official mirrors can also contain one or more previous releases. - Does not mirror "daily built" D-I images, but as those are not on the mirrors, that's logical. Would also cause HUGE amounts of traffic. - Some types of mirror layout are not supported; only a problem for mirroring unofficial mirrors. Other requests/ideas concern improved performance and flexibility. See also my recent blog posts on debmirror: - http://alioth.debian.org/~fjp/log/posts/debmirror.html - http://alioth.debian.org/~fjp/log/posts/debmirror_I.html If you want to follow development, follow my blog :-P Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
