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

[John F Meinel Jr]

That's what I thought. Except it works just as well either way. So if I 
create a local copy of a public mirror. I can type tla archive-mirror 
<pub> and it will "push" the files from the remote archive to the local 
one (which I would consider a pull)
So the only thing I can see is that the -MIRROR, versus the -SOURCE issue.
I just tested it with the following:

$ tla register-archive 
http://mirrors.sourcecontrol.net/address@hidden/
$ tla make-archive --mirror address@hidden 
~{mirrors}/address@hidden
$ tla archive-mirror address@hidden

On a side note, would it be possible to add a flag to automatically 
create the file in ~/.arch-params/signing
It's a little bit of a pain to do tla make-archive --signed --mirror 
..., and then edit a text file, and then call tla archive-mirror
Maybe a --signed-keep, or --keep-signature or something like that.

John
=:->

Robert Anderson wrote:

> --- 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 tocreate 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
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