On 1 November 2013 18:58, <alexande...@gmx.com> wrote: > Are you trying tio re-implement Metalinks? They have become standartized way > to do what you want ages > ago. They are even supported by curl! Add metalink file to package (or > reference one from upstream), > redefine DLAGENTS to something like 'metalink::/usr/bin/curl --metalink %u' > and, if possible, convince > makepkg developers to add that DLAGENT to default makepkg.conf. Voilà, no > one's KISS principles > violated.
IMHO, this sounds better than a buildscript full of hyperlinks. Alternative mirrors should be an optional feature. I'd even go as far as to suggest just having a .mirrors file (lowercase to differentiate it from pacman files) with a list of optional locations for each source, while adding a bit of code to makepkg to go through the list if the primary source locations fail for whatever reason. But that's my uninformed opinion. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1
