Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:05:04 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: fabian@wenks.ch (Fabian Wenk) Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Query about the usage of FreeBSD mirror sites for other projects Message-ID: <201202211805.q1LI54qJ039777@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <4F43C508.2090005@wenks.ch>
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Fabian Wenk wrote: > On 21.02.2012 16:29, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Ultimately, it would be cool to have a more flexible and > > dynamic system for distfiles. > > > > Clients wouldn't download directly from certain FTP mirrors > > anymore, but they would contact an "index server". The index > > servers maintain a list of locations where each distfile can > > be found, similar to a very specialized search engine. These > > locations can be FreeBSD mirrors or mirrors of other projects > > (Debian, Gentoo, whatever) or just random sites anywhere on > > the internet. The "MASTER_SITES" information currently > > I really like it, that I can download from a mirror which is near > on the network, as it is much faster then from anywhere else on > the internet. The index server / proxy system that I suggested would also allow that, of course. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=test.pl count=1 $ file test.pl test.pl: perl script text executable
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