please fix the pkg downloads system

[Jeffrey Bouquet]

On 02/ 8/17 08:06 AM, Julian Elischer wrote:
> please work on having the "Latest" image in a directory that has the 
> cvs revision number in its name
>
> and make the current names just be links to there.
>
> I ONCE AGAIN (for the third time) got half of one release (432891) and 
> half of another (433120) because the newest snapshot of the pkgs was 
> replaced half way through my process of downloading a large set of 
> packages.  Then a couple of days later I managed to get all the files 
> of 433274, but by the time I got to downloading the metadata it was 
> changed to the next snapshot (433341), making my mirror pointless. 
> (unless there is a script I can run to regenerate the metadata from 
> the actual files. (I'm guessing there is).
>
> Please consider keeping two copies, at any time. this measn that 
> someonewho starts copying the latest set has at least a couple of days 
> to get it.
>
> So FreeBSD http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:10:amd64/latest/ would be a 
> link to the latest but someone who followed the link 20 minutes 
> earlier and was copying files would keep getting a consistent set.
>
> the actual backing set would be called
>
> something like:
>
> FreeBSD-pkg/head/r433274/FreeBSD:10:amd64/All
>
> and the next would be:
>
> FreeBSD-pkg/head/r433341/FreeBSD:10:amd64/All
>
> then
>
> FreeBSD-pkg/head/r433529/FreeBSD:10:amd64/All
>
> etc. (real snapshot numbers)
>
> but
> http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:10:amd64/latest/ would always point to 
> the latest one.
>
> this would ensure that I don't keep getting HALF A RELEASE!
>
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and include a /usr/src/USING_PKG to put methodologies,
how to get sets for supported versions,
for CURRENT if available,
migration methods,
reinstall methods,
across-version upgrade CLI,
formats for each of the three files (three or more)
FreeBSD.conf and pkg.conf,
their precedence,
cli for sqlite3> fixing or altering of metadata,
etc etc
.......
I've a v12-CURRENT and a v11-CURRENT, the former suddenly has
between feb 04 feb 06 all except ONE of its browsers
unuseable
....
qupzilla "cant load freebsd.org"... etc for ALL tested url
seamonkey segfault
firefox   cannot accept 2 as input Anywhere
qupzilla-qt4 bus error
........
vs opera, which TLS - hardened cannot see freebsd.org
......
and am in the process of for the first time since 2004
having to *maybe* reinstall or redo /usr/local,  due to pkg not being able
to have a v12 repository and/or a hosed set of libraries
for seamonkey

and it means about a months of downtime, relative to how efficiently
I used the desktop previously...

Not wishing to come across as complaining.  Newbie still in many ways.