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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration
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Robert Collins |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration |
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Sat, 07 Feb 2004 10:01:32 +1100 |
On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 07:49, Aaron Bentley wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 14:53, Robert Collins wrote:
> > That said, both tla grab, and config-manager's build support -nearly-
> > this already.
>
> "tla grab" looks like The Right Way, but it's severely under-documented,
> and also under-used.
>
> aba's all about doing things the easy way, not the right way. It's
> about solving problems now, perhaps badly, rather than waiting for a
> Right answer. I hope that it can serve as a testing ground for ideas,
> as a working prototype for functionality that might eventually get into
> tla. But I recognize that easy access to The Wrong Answer can hinder
> the success of The Right Answer, and I do consider that a negative.
>
> Reliance on a central registry has pros and cons:
> - Uses identifiers instead of locations, so locations can vary
The local archive registry (~/.arch-params/\=locations) does this
already. This isn't a pro of a central registry.
> - Gives extra power to registrars
Which is an important con-sideration.
> I've also considered working on a geturl command, as the OP wanted.
> Why? Because archive locations are required to exist, and grab files
> are not. (But why not? Can't they be automatically created as part of
> the archive?)
Urk. Both configs and grab files are orthogonal to the management of
source in an archive. I'd like to see grab deprecated for config-manager
in fact, but jblack and I need to get some time to compare current
notes, and ensure there are no features that will be lost etc.
Rob
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- [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration, Stefan Monnier, 2004/02/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration, Gergely Nagy, 2004/02/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration, Aaron Bentley, 2004/02/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration, Robert Collins, 2004/02/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration, Aaron Bentley, 2004/02/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration,
Robert Collins <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration, Aaron Bentley, 2004/02/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration, Robert Collins, 2004/02/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration, Aaron Bentley, 2004/02/07
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration, James Blackwell, 2004/02/05
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-registration, Michael Teichgräber, 2004/02/05
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