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title: "Rieter"
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summary: "Easy-to-use Pacman repository server designed for the self-hosting enthusiast"
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type: "project"
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params:
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links:
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- name: Gitea
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url: 'https://git.rustybever.be/Chewing_Bever/rieter'
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---
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My first goal for this project is to create a convenient all-round repository
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server implementation that could be used for everything from self-hosting a
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local repository to managing an entire distribution's package repository. It
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should be easy to deploy, lightweight, and work with any distribution. It
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should support any number of repositories and packages, and work with any
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package architecture.
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The repositories can be populated by manually uploading packages to the server
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(e.g. from a CI build), or by mirroring already existing repositories. The
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mirroring feature in particular makes it trivial to set up a new mirror for a
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distribution, as the server would take care of keeping the mirror up-to-date.
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Another usecase for this would be creating a local mirror of your
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distribution's repositories, which can greatly reduce your update times
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depending on your internet connection.
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Most users however don't need a full copy of a distro's package repository, so
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Rieter also provides a "smart mirror" mode. In this mode, a Rieter instance
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only syncs packages that have been requested before, e.g. from a previous
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system update. This way, your updates will still be a lot faster as the
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required packages are cached, but packages you don't use don't get stored,
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saving you a lot of storage space.
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