From owner-svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 2 15:50:14 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 5E94A5BE; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 15:50:14 +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 D56AD8FC0C; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 15:50:13 +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 1TUJVb-00008O-Tz; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:50:11 +0400 Received: from hades.panopticon (hades.panopticon [192.168.0.32]) by hive.panopticon (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37DDCB84D; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 19:50:11 +0400 (MSK) Received: by hades.panopticon (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2A9F733D; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 19:50:11 +0400 (MSK) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 19:50:11 +0400 From: Dmitry Marakasov To: Emanuel Haupt Subject: Re: svn commit: r306755 - head/Mk Message-ID: <20121102155011.GA38558@hades.panopticon> 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=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121101104217.3a55a2e749cc3c464a934a32@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-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: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:50:14 -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 somewhat outdated.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). > > Do you still happen to have the script you used back then? Yes. The simple script to test speed and mirror availability is here: http://people.freebsd.org/~amdmi3/sf-speed.sh (should be updated with recent and full mirror list) -- Dmitry Marakasov . 55B5 0596 FF1E 8D84 5F56 9510 D35A 80DD F9D2 F77D amdmi3@amdmi3.ru ..: jabber: amdmi3@jabber.ru http://www.amdmi3.ru