Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:37:51 -0400
From:      "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com>
To:        Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r306755 - head/Mk
Message-ID:  <CAGFTUwM7G=u58M8WStaxChtfJ2eAphVC_TeAR%2BjNZFnuu%2B=RKA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121031215248.46c417d278348e2620af2d4b@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201210311811.q9VIBXWf001928@svn.freebsd.org> <CAGFTUwMck28T38=m1OmJAswTz1%2B1Kz06bekjv8PcYEV4bJ0G_Q@mail.gmail.com> <20121031215248.46c417d278348e2620af2d4b@FreeBSD.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 10/31/12, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@freebsd.org> wrote:
> "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 outdated.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.

Yes, of course -- but here we are concerned with the average speeds
using default settings, for the largest number of users.  We can't
provide a fixed ordering that works well for everyone, but the
heuristics Dmitry used last time are mentioned throughout the thread
starting with:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2009-September/056783.html

One thing I noticed in my last change to the Sourceforge list is that
some mirrors are still performing well despite being taken off
Sourceforge's list of official mirrors.

b.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CAGFTUwM7G=u58M8WStaxChtfJ2eAphVC_TeAR%2BjNZFnuu%2B=RKA>