Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 22:37:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Sean Chittenden <seanc@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Randomizing master sites for distfile downloads... Message-ID: <20030209223658.N866@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> In-Reply-To: <20030210063435.GA20880@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20030210021953.GT15936@perrin.int.nxad.com> <20030209213619.I866@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> <20030210063435.GA20880@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 09:42:03PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> > On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Sean Chittenden wrote:
> >
> > > I've got a few ideas for randomizing load for a given geographic
> > > region (Europe, Asia, Affrica, and the US being the 4 biggies:
> >
> > I'd like to steal part of your thread for an idea that I've been kicking
> > around. I think it would be useful to allow a user to specify something
> > like PORTS_DOWNLOAD_REGION in /etc/make.conf, and have bsd.sites.mk make
> > reasonable decisions about which set of servers to use first based on
> > that. I think your choices of regions is a good one. The code to do this
> > is pretty easy to conceive, but if you need a proof of concept let me
> > know.
>
> This is a good idea, but I think we should keep the two things
> separate so they don't get extended to the point where no-one
> implements them
Agreed... I'll work something out, and send a patch to the list.
Thanks,
Doug
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