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 > >> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
