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Re: [PATCH] download: Add official SourceForge mirror.
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Efraim Flashner |
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Re: [PATCH] download: Add official SourceForge mirror. |
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Sun, 24 Jul 2016 10:29:50 +0300 |
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 07:10:26PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 01:08:31PM -0500, Alex Griffin wrote:
> > This patch mirrors a similar change in nixpkgs [1][2].
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> > The official method for downloading from SourceForge is to use
> > downloads.sourceforge.net, which redirects to various other mirrors. It
> > can be unreliable, but also faster because it can find a nearby mirror
> > and load-balance. If it fails Guix will still fall back to known good
> > mirrors.
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> I think it's a good idea. It wouldn't have helped with the latest
> problem, where the project-specific parts of the URL changed. But, if
> our users can automatically use closer mirrors, that seems best.
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> Any objections?
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This sounds like a good idea
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