I've adjusted the redirects to be 302s and to use the same mirror as
the default download.

At Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:08:19 -0500, Greg Hendershott wrote:
> Sorry I didn't notice this until now.
> 
> Given:
> - downloads.racket-lang.org is AFAIK the recommended download host to ask 
> first
> - it's still working
> - it's already known to redirect to some other server
> - tools/users like racket-travis already know to expect and follow redirects
> 
> It seems to me downloads.racket-lang.org can simply return a 302
> Temporary Redirect to whatever download server happens to be working
> this week. And change it back next week. And next month. It all keeps
> working for all users. I think this is exactly the sort of situation
> 302s are intended for.
> 
> 
> (As I mentioned above I think the current 301 Permanent Redirect is
> mistaken. I believe it means, "Stop asking me about this resource --
> forever.")
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 7:51 AM, Dupéron Georges
> <jahvascriptman...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Greg, maybe you could push a commit to travis-racket, changing the URL to 
> the currently-working one, and revert that after the maintenance?
> >
> > That way the repos which fetch travis-racket on the fly would still build 
> while mirror.racket-lang.org is down.
> 
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