Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 20:24:53 +0200 From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, ttc-technik@liwing.de Subject: Re: optimze fetch-locations Message-ID: <3D04EEF5.2F61D70C@liwing.de> References: <3D0497B9.8D236712@liwing.de> <3D04DF20.2104FA51@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > > Jens Rehsack wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > sitting here during a system-update and watching source tarball > > download I got an idea: > > > > What about a database where a source tarball (+gz, +bz2) is located, > > and depending on local ip / routing information download it from > > the nearest server. > > The only way to do that (semi-)reliably is with a professional service > like akamai, which is big bucks. I do not know anything about akamai, what is it? Why does it costs many bucks? AFAIK many ISP's are interested in short ways without leaving their backbone. So it should be major own interest for them. > -- > "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. > And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." See the money's victory - but who cares? I don't, because it saves my ass > - George W. Bush, President of the United States > State of the Union, January 28, 2002 > > Do YOU Yahoo!? No, I don't To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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