[opensuse-buildservice] RFC: repoview data on mirrors
Hi, as you probably know, we have HTML files generated by repoview, located in the repodata directories. When mirror servers mirror the buildservice repositories, they are mirroring the repoview data at the same time. Do you think this is useful? I think those files should be excluded from the rsync module, in order to save bandwidth and decrease the time needed to mirror the repositories. The added space requirement is insignificant, but the number of files being mirrored is roughly multiplied by a factor of 2, which increases the rsync load on our server and slows things down. Our mirror scanner is also being slowed down by this. Given that the HTML files - are a workaround because we don't have a better way of repository viewing yet, - are not seriously used, at least I'm not aware of, and - can be viewed on download.opensuse.org anyway, I suggest that we exclude them from the rsync module, so they are not mirrored anymore. Vetoes? Peter -- "WARNING: This bug is visible to non-employees. Please be respectful!" SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development
Hi Peter, On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 06:14:28PM +0200, Dr. Peter Poeml wrote:
as you probably know, we have HTML files generated by repoview, located in the repodata directories.
When mirror servers mirror the buildservice repositories, they are mirroring the repoview data at the same time.
Do you think this is useful?
I think those files should be excluded from the rsync module, in order to save bandwidth and decrease the time needed to mirror the repositories. The added space requirement is insignificant, but the number of files being mirrored is roughly multiplied by a factor of 2, which increases the rsync load on our server and slows things down. Our mirror scanner is also being slowed down by this.
Given that the HTML files - are a workaround because we don't have a better way of repository viewing yet, - are not seriously used, at least I'm not aware of, and - can be viewed on download.opensuse.org anyway, I suggest that we exclude them from the rsync module, so they are not mirrored anymore.
Sounds good to me! Thanks, Christoph -- Christoph Thiel, Tech. Project Management, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+help@opensuse.org
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Given that the HTML files - are a workaround because we don't have a better way of repository viewing yet, - are not seriously used, at least I'm not aware of, and - can be viewed on download.opensuse.org anyway, I suggest that we exclude them from the rsync module, so they are not mirrored anymore.
Sounds good to me!
Is it possible to put a static informational html file on the mirrors (README_repoview.html?), pointing users to the right place to look for the repoview data? I really like repoview, and i get confused all the time by mirrors only showing part of the picture, without giving me a hint I _am_ missing something. Thanks, Stefan -- Stefan Brüns / Kastanienweg 6 - Zimmer 1206 / 52074 Aachen mailto:lurch@gmx.li http://www.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de/~lurchi/ phone: +49 241 169-4206 mobile: +49 160 3797725
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 11:17:34AM +0200, Stefan Brüns wrote:
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Given that the HTML files - are a workaround because we don't have a better way of repository viewing yet, - are not seriously used, at least I'm not aware of, and - can be viewed on download.opensuse.org anyway, I suggest that we exclude them from the rsync module, so they are not mirrored anymore.
Sounds good to me!
Is it possible to put a static informational html file on the mirrors (README_repoview.html?), pointing users to the right place to look for the repoview data?
That is hardly possible, I'm afraid.
I really like repoview, and i get confused all the time by mirrors only showing part of the picture, without giving me a hint I _am_ missing something.
The repoview files exist on http://download.opensuse.org/repositories. Is it an alternative for you to look directly there? Unrelated sidenote: I recently noticed that Fedora seems to use a patched repoview which creates HTML files without version numbers. This seems much more useful to me than the standard behaviour. Peter -- "WARNING: This bug is visible to non-employees. Please be respectful!" SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development
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