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From: Ross David Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: January 5, 2007 3:58:05 PM EST
To: [email protected]
Subject: SourceForge in mirror_sites.tcl
Hey folks!
I noticed that you guys are fetching SourceForge files from the
mirrors directly, and did a little grepping. I'm not a macports/
darwinports expert (or even a heavy user), but I think that it's
set in mirror_sites.tcl:
set portfetch::mirror_sites::sites(sourceforge) {
http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://ovh.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/
http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/
}
In the old days, until about a month ago, users accessing a file
like http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gaim/gaim-1.5.0.exe would
be sent to a mirror selection page. Recently, we replaced that
page with a more intelligent download redirector.
I would love to see you change the snippet above to:
set portfetch::mirror_sites::sites(sourceforge) {
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/
}
Doing this should provide these benefits:
1) You won't have to manage the mirror list as mirrors are added or
removed.
2) You can ensure that the mirror you're sent to has the file
you're looking for. Not all mirrors have all files.
3) Your users will probably get a faster download due to the
geolocation.
4) SourceForge projects will get fair download statistics - going
to the mirror directly bypasses our statistics hooks, so your
downloads haven't been counting towards their SourceForge.net
project activity rating.
The risk is, of course, that if the SF.net website goes down, so
will your ability to get these files. Perhaps you could list
http://downloads.sourceforge.net first and keep a few other ones in
there as a backup in case we're down? Does port try to fetch from
the mirrors using the listed order?
Let me know if you have any questions.. :)
Thanks!
Ross
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Ross David Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
SourceForge.net Community Manager
--
Kevin Ballard
http://kevin.sb.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.tildesoft.com
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