Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:18:46 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Taavi Talvik <taavi@uninet.ee> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mandating USA_RESIDENT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001181616540.13883-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.1000118233307.23218A-100000@ns.uninet.ee>
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Taavi Talvik wrote: > Maybe we should extend meaning of USA_RESIDENT or introduce new variable > indicating contry. After doing netfork install, subsecuent fetces for > ports/packages/distfiles from nearest > ftp.xx.freebsd.org/cvsup.xx.freebsd.org is really handy. Specially for > newcomers, who do not yet have idea of editing /etc/make.conf There seems to be broad support for this idea, but I'd prefer to leave it as is for now and get it working properly, then we can revisit it after 4.0-REL. Fetching packages due to network topology is another idea I've wanted to implement for a while, although I was thinking of doing it dynamically by testing the available bandwidth to each of the hosts (and storing it in a database) and using them in order of increasing bandwidth. Kris ---- "How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?" "Eight!" "That was a rhetorical question!" "Oh..then, seven!" -- Homer Simpson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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