# `ftpdir-cleanup`/`db-cleanup`/`sourceballs` The README says: > When we remove a package from a repository, it stays in the package > "pool". We would like to be able to eventually remove packages from > the pool, to reclaim the disk space: > > - `cron-jobs/ftpdir-cleanup` > - `cron-jobs/db-cleanup` > > Both of these programs do the exact same thing. Parabola developers > decided to write their own from scratch, instead of modifying > `ftpdir-cleanup`. They should eventually be merged. There are 2 big differences between `ftpdir-cleanup` and `db-cleanup`: 1. `ftpdir-cleanup` needs to be run once per PKGPOOL (via differing `DBSCRIPTS_CONFIG` environment variables), `db-cleanup` runs just once, and recieves a complete list of PKGPOOLs via `db-cleanup.conf`. 2. `db-cleanup` cleans source packages; `ftpdir-cleanup` delegates that to the separate `sourceballs` program. Since Parabola doesn't use the `sourceballs` program to *create* source packages, I'mnot sure it makes sense to use it to *remove* them. # `db-import` `db-import` should use `db-move`, `db-remove`, and `db-update` internally. Blockers: - `db-move` and `db-remove` are broken. NOT ANY MORE, THEY WORK NOW! # Test suite Setting up an environment that can run the test suite is rather odious. Arch uses Docker to make that easier; the Dockerfile sets up everything in the container, and it doesn't need to "infect" the host system. We should do that too. Blockers: - There isn't a good Docker base image of Parabola.