From owner-svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 04:13:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A424522; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 04:13:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amdmi3@amdmi3.ru) Received: from smtp.timeweb.ru (unknown [IPv6:2a03:6f00:1::5c35:743c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0831E8FC0A; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 04:13:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [213.148.20.85] (helo=hive.panopticon) by smtp.timeweb.ru with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TTmA2-0005sK-Ur; Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:13:42 +0400 Received: from hades.panopticon (hades.panopticon [192.168.0.32]) by hive.panopticon (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC38BB84D; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 08:13:42 +0400 (MSK) Received: by hades.panopticon (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9E28F98; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 08:13:42 +0400 (MSK) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 08:13:42 +0400 From: Dmitry Marakasov To: Emanuel Haupt Subject: Re: svn commit: r306755 - head/Mk Message-ID: <20121101041342.GB4715@hades.panopticon> References: <201210311811.q9VIBXWf001928@svn.freebsd.org> <20121031215248.46c417d278348e2620af2d4b@FreeBSD.org> <20121031233928.8c18e4adf36875dacff8247a@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121031233928.8c18e4adf36875dacff8247a@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: bf1783@gmail.com, svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org, "b. f." , ports-committers@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:13:45 -0000 * Emanuel Haupt (ehaupt@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > > >> 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 outdated.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 > > Interesting stats. Thanks for finding that post. > > I've restored the previous sort order for now. Heh, it feels nice when something you've done years ago and have long forgotten is brought up suddenly :) Well, if the SF mirror list should be updated, I may run speed test again - I happen to still have the scripts (and I've fixed broken link from the above mentioned post). -- Dmitry Marakasov . 55B5 0596 FF1E 8D84 5F56 9510 D35A 80DD F9D2 F77D amdmi3@amdmi3.ru ..: jabber: amdmi3@jabber.ru http://www.amdmi3.ru