By the way my original problem has been solved [1], so don't all keep arguing for my sake LOL
[1] the project is mirrored at sourceforge.net, and portage has a direct
hook to sf miirors with a line like:
SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/lostlaby/${PN}_${PV}.tar.gz"
where lostlaby is the sf project name, $PN is the package name and $PV
is package version.
It'll then go through the known sf mirrors and pull down the file. Of
course it should be on the first mirror it tries, but its not always.
