Mike Gerdts wrote: > Key areas of improvement that would help a lot are: > > - Add a global and/or per-mirror proxy server to pkg. That is, when > accessing pkg.opensolaris.org I need to use a proxy, but if I have > another repository inside my company, I should probably access that > directly.
This is planned functionality for IPS post 2009.06. A major revamp of the transport system is under way. > - Make the pkg.opensolaris.org repository mirror-able using something > other than rsync. Output from "zfs send" and "zfs send -I" over > http or https would be great. There some logistical issues in providing this. However, I could see this being useful. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker