Re: distfile mirror site preferences and how to influence them?

[Swift Griggs <swiftgriggs%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 23 Dec 2016, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> Please read the original recommendation. There are enough well connected 
> distfile mirrors that cover pretty much all the redistributable 
> distfiles.

After after reading, I see what you mean. Sorry for the noise.

> Not sure if cdn.netbsd.org has that part of the tree, but otherwise e.g. 
> ftp.fr.netbsd.org does. For the non-redistributable distfiles, you 
> seldomly have multiple upstream sites, so it really doesn't justify the 
> cost.

I'd never argue with you, brother. Especially when you and the other folks 
with pkgsrc have done such yeoman's work. However, if this change is 
already in place I still gotta wonder "Then why does pacman still pull 
down things like LibreOffice or KDE a zillion times faster." The only 
answer I can come up with is that it feels (way) faster because it is 
faster and that's because they are doing it in parallel. However, it's 
still a value judgement.

-Swift