[Fink-devel] mirroring

[Ben Hines]

Committed mirroring code to fink, please test it.

Is this text clear to everyone:

The Fink team maintains mirrors known as "Master" mirrors, which 
contain the
sources for all fink packages. You can choose to use these mirrors 
first,
last, never, or mixed in with regular mirrors. If you don't care, just 
select
the default.

(1)      Search "Master" source mirrors first.
(2)      Search "Master" source mirrors last.
(3)      Never use "Master" source mirrors.
(4)      Search closest source mirrors first. (combine all mirrors into 
one set)

What mirror order should fink use when downloading sources? [1]

and, this is what i added to fink.conf.5:

    MirrorOrder: MasterFirst or MasterLast or MasterNever or 
ClosestFirst
           fink supports 'Master' mirrors, which are mirrored 
repositories of
           the source tarballs for all fink packages. The advantage of 
using
           the Master mirror set is that the source download URLs will 
never
           break. Users can choose to use these mirrors which are 
maintained
           by the fink team, or to use only the original source URLs and
           external mirror sites such as the gnome, KDE, and debian 
mirror
           sites.  Additionally users can choose to combine the two 
sets,
           which are then searched in proximity order, as documented 
above.
           When using the MasterFirst or MasterLast options, the user 
can
           'skip ahead' to the Master (or non Master) set if a download 
fails.
           The options are:
                 MasterFirst - Search Master source mirrors first.
                 MasterLast - Search Master source mirrors last.
                 MasterNever - Never use Master source mirrors.
                 ClosestFirst - Search closest source mirrors first. 
(combine
                       all mirrors into one set)

If so, it would be nice if the docu folks could add that (or something 
simiilar) to the user guide and website, once we release the version of 
fink that contains it. (or mention that it is only in current cvs)

-Ben



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