[Dev] dbscripts 20180502 / winston.parabola.nu upgrade

[Luke Shumaker]

On Wed, 02 May 2018 12:00:04 -0400,
Luke Shumaker wrote:
>  - db-import-pkg:
>    * Preserve file permissions when copying .db files in to place
...
> The big item here is that this completes the umask change introduced
> in 20180429, in preparation for adjusting the user permissions on the
> repos (step 3 of my plan for improving dbscripts).
> 
>   [X] 1. Split archlinux -> {packages,community}
>   [X] 2. Add config.local.* files
>   [-] 3. Set up the `repo` group        [eta: 2018-05-04]
>   [ ] 4. Set DBSCRIPTS_CONFIG           [eta: 2018-05-04]
>   [X] 5. Use systemd timers
>   [ ] 6. Use db-update                  [eta: 2018-05-05]
>   [ ] 7. Migrate humans off of repo@    [eta: no sooner than 2018-05-11]
>   [ ] 8. Migrate robots off of repo@    [eta: no sooner than 2018-05-18]
> 
> The fact that the umask changed introduced in 20180429 didn't "stick"
> means that I need to wait a bit longer before performing step 3,
> delaying the entire schedule a bit.

So, it still didn't take.

I think maybe #6 will get bumped ahead of #3?
I had thought that #3 would be very simple.


-- 
Happy hacking,
~ Luke Shumaker