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| author |   Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org> | 2008-10-09 22:30:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org> | 2008-10-09 22:30:44 +0000 |
| commit | a2eafdee2f85d44b7b1c852f3a2f811b03bad1c6 (patch) | |
| tree | a2cbda93b063bf6218cb3794158f9323b6bdea55 /users | |
| parent | Add more recent history review. (diff) | |
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Add note per-category MetaManifests reducing delta requirements.
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| -rw-r--r-- | users/robbat2/tree-signing-gleps/01-distribution-process-security | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/users/robbat2/tree-signing-gleps/01-distribution-process-security b/users/robbat2/tree-signing-gleps/01-distribution-process-security index db49590712..a391ec3ea2 100644 --- a/users/robbat2/tree-signing-gleps/01-distribution-process-security +++ b/users/robbat2/tree-signing-gleps/01-distribution-process-security @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ GLEP: xx+1 Title: Security of distribution of Gentoo software - Infrastructure to User distribution - MetaManifest -Version: $Revision: 1.22 $ -Last-Modified: $Date: 2008/10/09 21:33:11 $ +Version: $Revision: 1.23 $ +Last-Modified: $Date: 2008/10/09 22:30:44 $ Author: Robin Hugh Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>, Status: Draft Type: Standards Track @@ -236,6 +236,18 @@ decide is the tree is too out of date per operation #2 of the verification process. The decision about freshness should be a user-configuration setting, with the ability to override. +-------------------------------- +MetaManifest size considerations +-------------------------------- +With only two levels of Manifests (per-package and top-level), every +rsync will cause a lot of traffic transfering the modified top-level +MetaManifest. To reduce this, per-category Manifests are strongly +recommended. Alternatively, if the distribution method efficently +handles small patch-like changes in an existing file, using an +uncompressed MetaManifest may be acceptable (this would primarily be +distributed version control systems). Other suggestions in reducing this +traffic are welcomed. + ======================= Backwards Compatibility ======================= |