From owner-svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 31 22:39:31 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E7B6B10; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:39:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ehaupt@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mx.critical.ch (cl-8.zrh-02.ch.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:1620:f00:7::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E1438FC12; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:39:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from beaver.home.critical.ch (84-72-7-76.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.72.7.76]) (authenticated bits=0) by mx.critical.ch (8.14.4/8.14.4/critical-1.0) with ESMTP id q9VMdSFJ054855; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:39:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ehaupt@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:39:28 +0100 From: Emanuel Haupt To: bf1783@gmail.com Subject: Re: svn commit: r306755 - head/Mk Message-Id: <20121031233928.8c18e4adf36875dacff8247a@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: References: <201210311811.q9VIBXWf001928@svn.freebsd.org> <20121031215248.46c417d278348e2620af2d4b@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org, "b. f." , svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, Dmitry Marakasov , Emanuel Haupt X-BeenThere: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:39:31 -0000 "b. f." wrote: > On 10/31/12, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > > "b. f." wrote: > >> On 10/31/12, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > >> > Author: ehaupt > >> > Date: Wed Oct 31 18:11:33 2012 > >> > New Revision: 306755 > >> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/306755 > >> > > >> > Log: > >> > Update MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE > >> > > >> > Feature safe: yes > >> > > >> > Modified: > >> > head/Mk/bsd.sites.mk > >> > > >> > Modified: head/Mk/bsd.sites.mk > >> > ============================================================================== > >> > --- head/Mk/bsd.sites.mk Wed Oct 31 18:02:55 2012 > >> > (r306754) +++ head/Mk/bsd.sites.mk Wed Oct 31 18:11:33 > >> > 2012 (r306755) @@ -1125,11 +1125,10 @@ > >> > MASTER_SITE_SAVANNAH += \ .endif > >> > > >> > # List: > >> > # http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Mirrors > >> > -# Updated: 2012-10-26 > >> > +# Updated: 2012-10-31 > >> > .if !defined(IGNORE_MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE) > >> > -.for mirror in heanet sunet iweb switch freefr garr aarnet \ > >> > - voxel jaist osdn nchc ncu internode waix \ > >> > - hivelocity superb-dca3 > >> > +.for mirror in aarnet freefr garr heanet ignum hivelocity > >> > internode iweb jaist \ > >> > + nchc ncu netcologne osdn space sunet superb-dca3 switch > >> > tenet ufpr waix > >> > >> Dmitry and Pav went to some trouble to sort this list so that those > >> mirrors resulting in faster downloads for a majority of users were > >> placed first. Have you verified that an alphabetical sort won't > >> result in slower average downloads for many users? > > > > I was not aware of that. I just noticed that the list was somewhat > > outdated. > > > > A site that's fast for you might not be fast for someone else due to > > the geographical location so I am not sure what criteria was used to > > determine which one was better than others. > > > > One can always use MASTER_SORT to priorize some sites. > > Yes, of course -- but here we are concerned with the average speeds > using default settings, for the largest number of users. We can't > provide a fixed ordering that works well for everyone, but the > heuristics Dmitry used last time are mentioned throughout the thread > starting with: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2009-September/056783.html Interesting stats. Thanks for finding that post. I've restored the previous sort order for now. Emanuel > One thing I noticed in my last change to the Sourceforge list is that > some mirrors are still performing well despite being taken off > Sourceforge's list of official mirrors. > > b. >