On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 08:42:38PM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > Only on the master download server. For the world-wide mirrors (and their > users), it still won't be instantaneous. Unless you create a system > where the master can call back to mirrors and request them to sync. ;) I was only referring to the time between push to stable and repo ready with package in it. > I see the benefit of being able to publish [security] updates quickly > (such as with the old extras/epel scripts, although the createrepo time > added up there, too), but the more packagers push pkgs instantly, the more > often the master repo (and the metadata) changes, and the more quickly the > entire distribution moves under the feet of our users. I don't think it is > a good idea to do that. A queue that controls the flow of non-security > packages creates less mirroring chaos. At the same time it may add time when an urgent update arrives and a large queue of non urgent updates is being composed. -- Pat -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
