On Sun, 8 Sep 2024, Christoph M. Becker wrote: > All these problems could be solved, or at least mitigated, by setting > up a Github repository for the dependency builds and the series files.
> The upload could be as simple as a cron'd `git pull` on the server. All our websites, including PHP downloads, use the rsync server for this. That server has a GIT checkout, and then the Web servers rsync from there. This is superior because it means the *web servers* never need the GIT checkout, solving duplication and permission issues. It also means it is easy to set up mirrors (unofficial). > The only potential drawback I see would be the size of the repository. This is already a major issue for the normal PHP downloads, which currently sits at 15 GB. > While I believe the new repo would be way smaller than our > distribution repo[1], and we might exclude vc11 and vc15 builds, it > may still be too large for practical handling. > But in this case we can consider using Git LFS[2] which has been > developed to address this issue. Github LFS isn't free though, once you get to large storage sizes (over 1GB) [1]. I also found it really fiddly when using it. As it's not free, I don't think it qould qualify as something for using in an Open Source project. I don't believe GIT is a good fit for versioning binaries. Not for this, nor the PHP distributions. I understand the history aspects are useful, but it's never been designed for keeping binaries. It's not a file management tool, but a source code tracking solution. I also don't think Git LFS has been created for this either. It is useful for *large files* in a repository, not *large repositories*. Files can be maximum 2GB, which is plenty for DLLs and our releases. [1] https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-git-large-file-storage/about-billing-for-git-large-file-storage > What do you think? Would this require the RFC process? I think it needs some good thinking through first. I also don't believe the RFC system is something we need to use for deciding how to serve files. cheers, Derick -- https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io Author of Xdebug. Like it? Consider supporting me: https://xdebug.org/support mastodon: @derickr@phpc.social @xdebug@phpc.social
