Re: Please help spread the CVSup mirror load more evenly

[David O'Brien]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 11:11:17AM -0800, John Polstra wrote:
> I have been reminded that a few mirrors (cvsup8 in particular) filter
> pings.  Don't take ping failures as a certain indication that the
> server is down.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 11:22:33AM -0800, Amancio Hasty wrote:
> So have the cvsup client do the pinging to the server and extract
> its current work load or other vital statistic.


I have to agree with Amancio.  Otherwise how are we to determine if
cvsup8 is worth our time?  I personally will not be switching to it until
I can determine it is a better path for me.

Possibly, being ping'able should be be a requirement to being a CVSup
mirror.

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