Re: rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-28 Thread Michael Salmon
On Thursday, April 11, 2002 06:15:43 PM +1000 Martin Pool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: +-- | There seems to be a thread about rsync and Debian packages every | couple of months. I've written up a document which tries to cover all | of the questions and debates. It's pretty informal, but hopef

Re: rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-12 Thread Brian May
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 01:28:01PM +1000, Martin Pool wrote: > Why did you think that? > > rproxy addresses a rather different problem to rsync: for example, it > transfers only one file at a time, not whole directories. No, rproxy > does not have a magic way to do the delta computation in zero

Re: rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-12 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 01:28:01PM +1000, Martin Pool wrote: > On 12 Apr 2002, Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think some more details is required regarding rproxy. [...] > > AFAIK, it solves all the problems regarding server load discussed in > > rsync, doesn't it??? > > Why did yo

Re: rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-11 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Martin Pool wrote: > I'd appreciate comments. Hmm... As you may know I'm both the APT author, administrator of the top level debian mirrors and associated mirror network. So, > 3.2 rsync is too hard on servers > If it is, then I think we should fix the problems, rather th

Re: rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-11 Thread Martin Pool
On 12 Apr 2002, Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think some more details is required regarding rproxy. I've added a lot more detail about rproxy, and my understanding of Goswin's proposal. Let me know if they're unclear. > Why is nobody actively developing it? I'm not sure what kind o

Re: rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-11 Thread Adam Heath
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Brian May wrote: > I think some more details is required regarding rproxy. > > Why is nobody actively developing it? > > AFAIK, it solves all the problems regarding server load discussed in > rsync, doesn't it??? No. I tested it out, and it still hits the server hard. --

Re: rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-11 Thread Brian May
On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 06:15:43PM +1000, Martin Pool wrote: > There seems to be a thread about rsync and Debian packages every > couple of months. I've written up a document which tries to cover all > of the questions and debates. It's pretty informal, but hopefully > will be useful. > > htt

Re: rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-11 Thread Adam Heath
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Martin Pool wrote: > There seems to be a thread about rsync and Debian packages every > couple of months. I've written up a document which tries to cover all > of the questions and debates. It's pretty informal, but hopefully > will be useful. > > http://rsync.samba.org/r

rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-10 Thread Martin Pool
There seems to be a thread about rsync and Debian packages every couple of months. I've written up a document which tries to cover all of the questions and debates. It's pretty informal, but hopefully will be useful. http://rsync.samba.org/rsync-and-debian/ I'd appreciate comments. -- Mart