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"b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 10/31/12, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Author: ehaupt
> > Date: Wed Oct 31 18:11:33 2012
> > New Revision: 306755
> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/306755
> >
> > Log:
> >   Update MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE
> >
> >   Feature safe:	yes
> >
> > Modified:
> >   head/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
> >
> > Modified: head/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
> > ==============================================================================
> > --- head/Mk/bsd.sites.mk	Wed Oct 31 18:02:55 2012
> > (r306754) +++ head/Mk/bsd.sites.mk	Wed Oct 31 18:11:33
> > 2012	(r306755) @@ -1125,11 +1125,10 @@ MASTER_SITE_SAVANNAH
> > += \ .endif
> >
> >  # List:
> >  # http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Mirrors
> > -# Updated:	2012-10-26
> > +# Updated:	2012-10-31
> >  .if !defined(IGNORE_MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE)
> > -.for mirror in heanet sunet iweb switch freefr garr aarnet \
> > -		voxel jaist osdn nchc ncu internode waix \
> > -		hivelocity superb-dca3
> > +.for mirror in aarnet freefr garr heanet ignum hivelocity
> > internode iweb jaist \
> > +	nchc ncu netcologne osdn space sunet superb-dca3 switch
> > tenet ufpr waix
> 
> Dmitry and Pav went to some trouble to sort this list so that those
> mirrors resulting in faster downloads for a majority of users were
> placed first.  Have you verified that an alphabetical sort won't
> result in slower average downloads for many users?

I was not aware of that. I just noticed that the list was somewhat
outdated.

A site that's fast for you might not be fast for someone else due to
the geographical location so I am not sure what criteria was used to
determine which one was better than others.

One can always use MASTER_SORT to priorize some sites.

Emanuel