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From:	Fred Van Andel <fava@g.o>
To:	gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Reducing the size of distfiles for our mirrors
Date:	Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:19:30
Message-Id:	`20030725131929.362A71F8.fava@gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Reducing the size of distfiles for our mirrors by Jon Portnoy

1	Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o> wrote:
2	(07/22/2003 13:16)
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4	>The idea is that if files move or go missing, users won't get hit with
5	>404s (and you'd be surprised as how often they move or go missing,
6	>too...)
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8	How about primary/secondary mirrors being implemented in portage?
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10	If a file is available via sf.net then great, if it cannot be found then portage falls back on to the standard gentoo mirrors.
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