On Wednesday 24 November 2010 10:51:25 David Golden wrote: > The new "fast" CPAN mirrors use File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent, which > uses the new RECENT.* files to manage the synchronization process. > Those files record recent changes (adds/deletes) to the frequently > changing "authors/" and "modules/" directories. The fast mirrors use > those files to sync with PAUSE every minute or so with very low > overhead. [...] > See http://tinyurl.com/35t9u3k for instructions on using F::R::M::Recent.
Thanks for the heads-up; I'd not seen that approach. That certainly makes a lot of sense! Since at a cursory glance it seems none of the current "fast" mirrors are in the UK, I'll drop a mail to c...@cpan.org offering a UK mirror to take part :) Cheers Dave P
