Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Pull / Push based Mirror

[Robert Anderson]

--- Original Message ---
From: John F Meinel Jr <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: [Gnu-arch-users] Pull / Push based Mirror

>I've been playing around with getting my archive mirrored in a
couple of 
>places, and I was trying to figure out when you would want to
create a 
>"pull" based mirror versus a "push" based one.
>
>So far, the only difference I can see is that if you create a
"pull" you 
>have to register the original archive as <archive>-SOURCE, and
then you 
>reference the local one as <archive>, while a "push" based
archive, you 
>register the original as <archive>, and then the local one is
referenced 
>as <archive>-MIRROR.
>
>Since you can't commit to a mirror anyway, what is the advantage?
>
>John
>=:->

If you're mirroring someone else's archive, you'll usually be
"pulling" it.  If you're "publishing" your own archive, you'll
usually be "pushing" it.  That's all.

Bob