[Openvas-plugins] Subdirectories for scripts

[Thomas Reinke]

Solution depends on how long you want the alternative to last.

Option 1:
   Move all LSCs to a subdir.  Currently, somewhat > 8000
   scripts could be segregated that way.
   Question: is that enough? How long will that solution last?

Option 2:
   Create a unique directory for each category of script.
   More granular than option #1, probably will never suffer from
   excess scripts in any one directory.  BUT, if a script changes
   it's category for whatever reason, do you change it's location
   in SVN?

Option 3:
   Segregated by year of creation.
   Never will have to worry about excess scripts in any year.
   Easy to manage.  Not tied to category or any other metric.

I like option #3 the best...

Thomas


Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the size and pace of NVT updates caused some trouble to the SVN
> and several people might have observed problems with updating.
> At least the OpenVAS NVT Service got troubled (but is fixed now).
> 
> It is really time to start having subdirectories for the scripts directory.
> Just separating one of the big groups such as debian would help a lot.
> The current problem is svn, not the actual feed service or scanner.
> Too many files in one dir with many changes causes trouble to SVN.
> 
> I am not seeking for a whole new tree/OID structure for the NVTs
> as I don't think we have all criteria discussed for this. A small
> yet effective solution would be sufficient.
> 
> Proposals welcome!
> 
> Best
> 
> 	Jan
>