From owner-svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 13:50:11 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 335507AA; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 13:50:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: from syn.atarininja.org (syn.csh.rit.edu [129.21.49.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 007088FC08; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 13:50:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by syn.atarininja.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 635E35C4C; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 09:50:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 09:50:04 -0400 From: Wesley Shields To: Emanuel Haupt Subject: Re: svn commit: r306755 - head/Mk Message-ID: <20121101135004.GA63012@atarininja.org> References: <201210311811.q9VIBXWf001928@svn.freebsd.org> <20121031215248.46c417d278348e2620af2d4b@FreeBSD.org> <20121031233928.8c18e4adf36875dacff8247a@FreeBSD.org> <20121101041342.GB4715@hades.panopticon> <20121101104217.3a55a2e749cc3c464a934a32@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121101104217.3a55a2e749cc3c464a934a32@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org, "b. f." , svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, Dmitry Marakasov , bf1783@gmail.com X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:50:11 -0000 On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 10:42:17AM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > > * 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 somewhat outdated.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). > > Do you still happen to have the script you used back then? You may want to look into ports-mgmt/fastest_sites. -- WXS