> > There we go. Far from perfect, happy to hear suggestions from spirits of > poetry. > > --- > > Due to high maintenance costs of rsync server and scripts related to > Arch Build System, we have decided to deprecate the `abs` tool and rsync > as endorsed way of obtaining PKGBUILDs tree. > > The `asp` tool, available in [extra], provides similar functionality to > `abs`. `asp export pkgname` can be used as direct alternative; more > information about usage can be found in [its documentation][asp]. > Additionally Subversion sparse checkouts, as described [here][svn], can > be used to achieve similar effect. For fetching all PKGBUILDs, the best > way is cloning [svntogit][git] mirrors. > > While `extra/abs` package has been already dropped, rsync endpoint will > be disabled by the end of the month. > > [asp]: https://github.com/falconindy/asp/blob/master/man/asp.1.txt > [svn]: https://www.archlinux.org/svn/ > [git]: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/ > You should clarify if this affect user cloning the servers repos by rsync to set they non-tiered local repos (*.pkg.tag.xzs) or just the pkgbuilds repo clones (PKGBUILDs). Also mention devtools still depend on subversion despite you mention that for cloning one should use git, that intentional or inconsistenty? -- *Pablo Lezaeta*
