On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Damjan Georgievski <gdamjan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There's also the problem that some mirrors (most of the ones I've > tried) sync the package database before syncing all the packages. Actually, syncing the db last is not going to improve things: if some packages get deleted, they won't be found when updating against the old db. The only way to have always running mirrors is to either make the operation atomic by for instance switching to a directory with the new files (but what if the switch occurs while you are downloading files according to the old db), or to have an incremental layout where nothing gets deleted. I don't see a way of keeping mirrors consistent while keeping the whole procedure simple. In any case, there should be more communication towards users about what's really going on. Benoit.
