Mailman 3 May 2015 - devpi-dev

devpi-server-2.2.1 replication bugfix
by holger krekel May 20, 2015

May 20, 2015

FYI the just released devpi-server-2.2.1 fixed a problem in the initialization code of replicas which prevented a replica to startup correctly. best, holger -- about me: http://holgerkrekel.net/about-me/ contracting: http://merlinux.eu

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New options for export/import
by Florian Schulze May 13, 2015

May 13, 2015

Hi! We have added two options to devpi-server which might help to reduce the downtime during a devpi-server update. The first one ``--hard-links`` is for exports. It creates hard-links to releases and doc zips instead of copying the data. The usual OS specific things apply. For most OS's the current server status and the export destination needs to be in the same filesystem. The operation itself is safe as long as no files in the export are modified, since they point to the actual files of devpi-server. The export is a lot faster and obviously needs way less space with that option instead of a regular export. If the hard linking doesn't work, there will be an error very early in the export process. The second option ``--no-events`` is relevant for imports. When used, no plugin hooks in devpi-web etc are called during import. Instead all the events will be triggered once the server starts again. This massively reduces the time needed for import. The downside is, that rendering of descriptions, unpacking of documentation and the indexing of everything happens step by step while the server is already running. Until all events have been processed, the server is usable, but the mentioned items are only available up to the currently processed event. So for a while the search won't return everything and the docs won't all be accessible. The import still needs the full space as before. It's not possible to use hard links for the import. Regards, Florian Schulze

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new devpi-server/web/client/common: wheel testing, SHA256, ...
by holger krekel May 13, 2015

May 13, 2015

devpi-{server-2.2,web-2.3,client-2.2}: plugins, wheel support, pypi compat ============================================================================ With devpi-server-2.2, devpi-web-2.3, devpi-client-2.2 you'll get a host of fixes and improvements as well as some major new features for the private pypi system: - refined devpi-server plugin architecture based on "pluggy", the plugin and hook mechanism factored out from pytest. - devpi-client "test" now support testing of universal wheels IFF you have have an sdist alongside your wheel. python-specific wheels are not supported at this point. - devpi client "refresh NAME" allows to force a refresh of a pypi package from the command line. - internal refactorings to allow future pypi compatibility (for when it changes to SHA256 checksums). Also we use SHA256 checksumming ourselves now. For many more changes and fixes, please see the respective CHANGELOG of the respective packages. UPGRADE note: devpi-server-2.2 requires to ``--export`` your 2.1 server state and then using ``--import`` with the new version before you can serve your private packages through devpi-server-2.2. UPGRADE note: if you use ``updatetrigger_jenkins``, you have to install the devpi-jenkins plugin. You will get an error during import if you forget it. For docs and quickstart tutorials see http://doc.devpi.net many thanks to Florian Schulze who co-implemented many of the new features. And special thanks go to the two companies who funded major parts of the above work. have fun, holger krekel, merlinux GmbH

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