This patch mirrors a similar change in nixpkgs [1][2]. 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. [1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/16900 [2]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/16976 -- Alex Griffin