Corey Shields wrote: >At one point in time someone suggested that we may as well utilize other >people's mirror networks that are already out there, rather than our own. >This then got implemented for stuff like sourceforge packages. > >Unfortunately this plays hell for lots of people. If you have a local mirror, >then you get files fast and without using your outside bandwidth. Having to >wait for a file from some mirror in zimbabwe because "that package already >has a mirror structure" defeats the purpose of running a local mirror. > > I know only one mirror network who could worth the hassle: cpan. Perl has a nice geographically distributed network of mirrors. Too bad portage can't automatically select the closest cpan mirror. :(
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