Yes, we are.
http://github.com/qrush/gemcutter/blob/master/app/metal/hostess.rb#L13-34

-Nick

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Keenan Brock <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Just a thought.
>
> Are the requests to gemcutter using HTTP?
> Is the system using ETags / If-Mod-since?
>
> Seems there could be a way to use a forward proxy to gemcutter.
>
> It would help out:
> 1) less bandwidth for both gemcutter and heroku
> 2) faster image build times on heroku
> 3) less load on the gemcutter servers
> 4) maybe less load on the heroku servers since
>
> Another option would be to have a local repository of gems. I remember
> doing this with rpms/gentoo ports. It was a bit of a pain but as the
> number of machines increased, it really sped things up. (Especially
> when installing the software)
>
> --Keenan
>
> On Nov 2, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Neil Middleton wrote:
>
> >
> > I had this same problem last week - in the end, and on about the tenth
> > push it finally managed to make it through which was a real pita.
> >
> > Something needs to be there to ensure deployments aren't
> > killed....whatever that might be.
> >
> > /Neil
> >
> > On 2 Nov 2009, at 16:46, markdevilliers wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> It did work for me a couple of hours later. It had also failed
> >> several
> >> times before I posted.
> >>
> >> I think the issue is consistency - random gems (not always redcloth)
> >> were failing to install with the error message  - "http://
> >> gemcutter.org/ does not appear to be a repository" - which in the
> >> example above doesn't make sense as it was a repository moments
> >> before.
> >>
> >> I'll probably accept that maybe gemcutter is a bit overloaded a
> >> certain times and timing out delivering the initial 302 but maybe on
> >> the heroku side there needs to be a "try a few times" on push as
> >> failing at random stages is a bit annoying.
> >>
> >> Anyway I've just pushed again and all is good again,
> >>
> >> Thanks for looking into it for me - Mark
> >>
> >>>
> >
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>

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