On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 07:10:26PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 01:08:31PM -0500, Alex Griffin wrote: > > This patch mirrors a similar change in nixpkgs [1][2]. > > > > The official method for downloading from SourceForge is to use > > downloads.sourceforge.net, which redirects to various other mirrors. It > > can be unreliable, but also faster because it can find a nearby mirror > > and load-balance. If it fails Guix will still fall back to known good > > mirrors. > > I think it's a good idea. It wouldn't have helped with the latest > problem, where the project-specific parts of the URL changed. But, if > our users can automatically use closer mirrors, that seems best. > > Any objections? >
This sounds like a good idea -- Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
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