On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 07:28 +0200, Christoph Thiel wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Kenneth Schneider wrote: > > > > >>> Which is a redirector to dozens of mirrors, all not quite in sync > > > >>> ;) > > > >> > > > >> Which is a royal PITA. Being re-directed to a site that is either > > > >> not in sync or is off line is not good. Perhaps the system doing > > > >> the re-direction can check the site before doing the re-directing. > > > > > > > > That's exactly what we are doing -- but checking for files that > > > > don't have a version number (like the files in /repodata/), isn't > > > > trivial. > > > > > > But you have timestamp and size. > > > > All it would take is one file (could be empty) containing in the name a > > version number which would show whether of not mirror is up to date. > > This -is- a simple check. And it can be the last file rsync'd. > > You'll need to be much more granular, otherwise you'll very soon run into > a situation where you don't have a single mirror to redirect to. Oh, and > not to mention, different mirrors mirror different parts (subsets) of the > whole trees. > >
I'm not suggesting this for the whole tree, only the critical/security/supported updates even though I had this very problem with the KDE3 updates that proved frustrating, i would only be redirected to one place that did not have the updates I sought. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
