From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pierre Neidhardt Subject: Re: Using a CDN or some other mirror? Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:59:46 +0100 Message-ID: <87h8fs5jdp.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> References: <20181203154335.10366-1-ludo@gnu.org> <87tvju6145.fsf@gnu.org> <34d346ac-fc0a-aac2-f092-8a57e345c4e6@goebel-consult.de> <87woop1j5z.fsf@gnu.org> <87ftvcitzx.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47527) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gUUuM-0003B4-7h for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2018 05:59:59 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gUUuF-0008Vs-MM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2018 05:59:58 -0500 In-reply-to: <87ftvcitzx.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Meiyo Peng Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Meiyo Peng writes: > When I started to try Guix several months ago, the network speed to > substitute servers from China is very slow (<100kB/s). I don't know what > has changed but recently the network speed is about 1MB/s. Thank you all > for the improments. Hopefully a CDN will make the network even better. > I am not against using a commercial service as long as we only use them > to distribute signed packages rather than building packages. I had a similar experience from India, with similar bandwidth on average (<100kB/s). It took a lot of patience to install Guix! :p I haven't been to Asia recently, but I'm glad to hear it's getting better! Indeed, such a low bandwidth could be prohibitive to the adoption of Guix outside Europe. > I like the idea of IPFS. We should try it. It would be great if it works > well. > > If at some point we need to setup traditional mirrors like other major > Gnu/Linux distros, I can contact my friends in China to setup mirrors in > several universities. I was a member of LUG@USTC, which provides the > largest FLOSS mirror in China. That'd be fantastic! -- Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAlwHr6IACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH8lwgf/eud1XPwGz9A8CMZzR+noKz8jUFkm21F93V8vNBqfhpe2NdbPk4Abq75u zxuGN7EJ7vcMzR9kmXIyIpWXTaDrT9UIPtN0Gk56+ADUiBMCgoZOwuNco1MmxFea oLccSLjtAQAqziVhXbqLA+nY0FxgWfPu/TEEwQ5XFKlB9yxDbJIfJDsHt+RznuUV m+n0RQGgy/uVAIIRBT4/TKLj8/u2UG2C5jBg6nNwIH16WGiKURBM5yYRdeSLuwA9 DpfiYp1v1ZdcTq592+AXbXaEDx2VbeKGfMy6x/toBniJ1gdwEGZgccxg1Ut5KPwt fylCC37VfGmjs4gSoFP/UcikFCaFBw== =wDcw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--