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Bug 9010 - Proposal: Mirrors directory structure change
Summary: Proposal: Mirrors directory structure change
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Server (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Lowest enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Mark Guertin
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Reported: 2002-10-11 02:37 UTC by Kevyn Shortell (RETIRED)
Modified: 2003-03-16 21:54 UTC (History)
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Description Kevyn Shortell (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-10-11 02:37:18 UTC
I'd like to propose a change to the dir structure we use for downloads.

On the mirrors the iso's are stored in each release versions directory, I
propose we make a master iso directory above that.

I propose to have a http://MIRROR/pub/Linux/distriutions/gentoo/iso/* dir so
people don't have to dig around wondering where the isos are. Right now if you
want a sparc iso, you need to goto the 1.1a dir, then go back to the 1.4 dir to
get the current stage3. It would be helpful I think if all the isos were in one
spot that way, its easy to find and you'd know if there was a newer iso, without
having to dig through each release dir.
Comment 1 Ulf Bartelt (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-10-11 08:59:30 UTC
i understand the ones wanting to keep things together sorted by release or
architecture and i understand the ones who want all stages in one dir, all isos
in an other one...

so what about making both sides happy by using links?

are mirrors able to handle hardinks perfectly?  that would be best...

with symlinks i've the fear that many tools only will download the link then and
not its target...
Comment 2 Mark Guertin 2002-10-15 10:24:16 UTC
I don't think that links are a good idea, they have to be explicity setup in the
mirror's rsync cron jobs (the remote mirrors), and if not then they will be
mutliple copies of everything under sylinks :(

I like the idea of having an easy to get at ISO directory as well, saves
digging, get the complaint a lot that people had to look everywhere and still
didn't find what they want (of course that's not always our fault either ) ;)

Comment 3 Mark Guertin 2003-03-16 21:54:46 UTC
closing, dirs have changed several times now