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On Wednesday 31 December 2003 15:34, Allen Parker wrote: |
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> I think it'd be a good idea for portage-ng to include better localization |
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> features (specifically relating to mirrors). I've recently been plagued |
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> with RESTRICT="nomirror" being set in recent mysql 4.0.x ebuilds causing my |
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> filefetching operations to take considerable amounts of time when they |
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> should actually be the fastest. (my example is 30kb/s from argentina |
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> instead of the regular 4Mb/s from gentoo.mirrors.pair.com) |
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To me this has more to do with the mirror selection algorithm than with |
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localization. Mirrors from the mirror:// pseudo-protocol should be chosen in |
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such a way that they are both load-balanced, and optimized for local users. |
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Preferably this should work without user interference. |
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The same should hold for multiple source locations in the ebuild itself, but |
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it is less important. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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