Chris Gianelloni wrote: >On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 01:03 -0500, Brian Harring wrote: > > >>On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 03:42:25AM -0500, Brian Harring wrote: >> >> >>>Hola all. >>> >>>Straight to the point, I'm proposing that the following files- >>>arch.list >>>categories >>>use.desc >>>use.local.desc >>>package.mask >>>updates >>> >>> >>Addition to this list: thirdpartymirrors . >> >> > >Question about thirdpartymirrors (this is for everyone, not just >Brian)... > >What is the preferred method for listing mirrors, just listing the site >name, or listing the site name plus path to the particular item? > > example from mysql mirrors:
ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/mysql http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/mysql http://mysql.orst.edu The mirror item should be the minimum common denominator between the mirrors. In this specific case because the mirror is usable also for other products of mysql. >The reason that I ask is the 3dgamers mirror rotation could have the >paths added to it, which would actually shorten a lot of SRC_URI's in >quite a few games ebuilds. > > > there are always excepitions ;-) You are speaking of paths that will *never* change right ? -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
