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On Sonntag, April 6, 2003, at 04:11 Uhr, Ben Hines wrote:
Committed mirroring code to fink, please test it.Just so I understand this. When I talked to bbraun and Feanor about the mirroring they said stuff had to be added so that mirroring is becoming possible. What you added is the functionality for the end user, correct?
DRM you said you had to add some code so that the Master Mirror Server know how to handle things, correct? How far is this effort along? I am asking because we will not be able to enable such mirroring unless there is some sort of infrastructure being built first. As I offered to the OpenDarwin team, I will be more than happy to do that once all of the software parts have been put into place.
Is this text clear to everyone:Personally I do not think that we should make it possible to use the Master Mirror first. The Master mirror should always be a last resort. THe official mirrors and the official homepage of a given source should be searched first. Why? There could always be some issue with our Master Mirror or the timing is unfortunate and while the info has updated, the source has not yet updated on the Master. That seems most unlikely, but it could happen and it would lead to a lot of confusion.
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.
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What mirror order should fink use when downloading sources? [1]Why make it a choice? Where I get my sources from is something I should not really be bothered with. I agree that there should be some sort of setting that can determine which mirror might be closest to me and thus enable me to download the fastest, yet when that choice fails a fallback mechanism which is automated should be in place.
Thanks for the great work, Ben, please consider these my personal comments.
- -d
- - "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
- - Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream to dream before.." Edgar Allen Poe - The Raven
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