Subject: Re: rfc: bulk-build mail list and binary packages
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/06/2001 14:26:36
On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, David Brownlee wrote:
> > 	If the bulk-build system has rebuilt a package then it should
> > 	be uploaded along with the rest. Anything else will lead to
> > 	broken package sets sooner or later.
>
> I prefer a different approach: I do builds, and when I think they're worth
> putting up for FTP, I do so in one big chunk.

	Sorry - I didn't include enough context - I meant when a complete
	bulk build has finished, any package that has been updated should
	be uploaded. rsync would allow this to happen in a bandwidth
	efficient fashion.

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