From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: [PATCH] download: Add official SourceForge mirror. Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:10:26 -0400 Message-ID: <20160722231026.GB19349@jasmine> References: <1469210911.1549087.674070209.3110DF3E@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45398) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQjaa-000776-CZ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:10:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQjaV-0000Gw-Ul for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:10:39 -0400 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:60258) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQjaU-0000Fa-MQ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:10:35 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1469210911.1549087.674070209.3110DF3E@webmail.messagingengine.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: Alex Griffin Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 01:08:31PM -0500, Alex Griffin wrote: > 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. 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. Any objections?