Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:55:20 +0300 From: Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@nokia.com> To: Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.org> Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: more automated fetch of ISO-IMAGES & ports Message-ID: <24269939-A622-44A6-9F9C-F816E03BE31F@nokia.com> In-Reply-To: <200904071121.n37BLhbY007253@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <200904071121.n37BLhbY007253@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On 2009-4-7, at 14:21, Julian Stacey wrote: > Perhaps some SOC student might like to develop some extension to > fetch, or a new tool to intelligently save net bandwidth & human > time (if not this year if SOC bids are in, then next) : > Intelligently & automatically sniff fetch list to see where > stuff is, measure the bandwidth, perhaps on a preliminary > README, & automatically decide where to fetch from. > & as 2nd stage, give up & try elsewhere if the server > connection gets too bad. Use BitTorrent for all file distribution, it does all that. Yes, I'm half serious. Lars
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