Probably more than a bit.

<grin>

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...> wrote:
>
>
> On 20 December 2011 18:46, Keith Daniels <keithwdaniels@...> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On 20 December 2011 18:08, Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@...>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On 20 December 2011 16:58, Timothy Pearson
>> >> > <kb9vqf@...>wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> > FYI the TDE mirror system is down due to permanent uidaho mirror
>> >> >> server
>> >> >> > failure and secondary mirror server misconfiguration.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Details here: http://trinity-announce.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::16
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I am working to resolve this issue, however given the limited
>> >> >> > upload
>> >> >> > bandwidth of the TDE servers and lack of donations it may be
>> >> >> > several
>> >> >> weeks
>> >> >> > before service is 100% restored.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Note that all non-mirrored TDE services, such as the website,
>> >> >> > mailing
>> >> >> > lists, GIT, Wiki, and bugtracker will all continue to function
>> >> >> normally.
>> >> >> > This failure affects mirrored source tarballs and binary packages
>> >> >> ONLY.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Tim
>> >> >>
>> >> >> To make matters worse the secondary mirror at mirror.tokra.lv was
>> >> >> taken
>> >> >> offline some time ago without my knowledge.  The maintainer of that
>> >> >> mirror
>> >> >> silently redirected all access to uidaho, so my automated checks did
>> >> >> not
>> >> >> detect a problem until today.  That mirror maintainer does not want
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> reactivate his mirror, so the TDE binary/source archive mirror
>> >> >> system
>> >> >> will
>> >> >> stay down until new mirrors can be brought up from scratch.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I am looking into a number of the suggestions given in this thread.
>> >> >>  I
>> >> >> also have received mirror offers from several individuals, which are
>> >> >> greatly appreciated!  At this point it looks like any delay will be
>> >> >> due
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> the limited TDE project bandwidth combined with the sheer size of
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> TDE
>> >> >> source/binary archive.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Further updates will be forthcoming as events warrant.  Thank you
>> >> >> all
>> >> >> for
>> >> >> your patience!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Tim
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Even more reason to switch to xz packages :)
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Not trivial I'm afraid.  The majority of the mirror archive is consumed
>> >> in
>> >> binary packages, which must be compressed according to each
>> >> distribution's
>> >> policies.
>> >>
>> >> Tim
>> >
>> >
>> > Of course but after Arch Linux switched to xz I was mightily impressed.
>> > I
>> > wonder what policies exist.
>>
>> I'm still trying to understand Arch's packaging system so I might have
>> misinterpreted your comment.
>>
>> Are you thinking that you could make different PKGBUILD files for the
>> different distros and use the same source code for all distros.
>>
>> Since PKGBUILDs are scripts you should even be able to add scripts
>> that alter the source code as needed for specific distros prior to
>> building.
>>
> PKGBUILDs only work for arch linux :)
>
> I think you're just a bit confused on this. we all do use the same source
> however