[mirror-admin] redundant transfers testing->updates

[SpeedPartner GmbH]

On 01/19/2012 06:57 PM, Chris Schanzle wrote:
> On 07/13/2011 09:24 AM, Chris Schanzle wrote:
>> A friendly suggestion...
>>
>> For mirrors that carry testing+updates, as packages move from testing
>> to updates, they are transferred again as new files in updates.  It
>> would be a significant reduction in traffic if packages could be be
>> hardlinked from testing to updates, then removed from testing after a
>> reasonable delay (24hrs?).
> 
> The recent hardlinking for directory hashing refreshed my memory from
> the above suggestion, which had no further discussion.  Stupid idea or
> decided not worth implementing due to infrastructure design issues?

Sounds good, and I must admit I always thought it was done that way.

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