On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 01:08:31PM -0500, Alex Griffin wrote: > This patch mirrors a similar change in nixpkgs [1][2]. > > The official method for downloading from SourceForge is to use > downloads.sourceforge.net, which redirects to various other mirrors. It > can be unreliable, but also faster because it can find a nearby mirror > and load-balance. If it fails Guix will still fall back to known good > mirrors.
I think it's a good idea. It wouldn't have helped with the latest problem, where the project-specific parts of the URL changed. But, if our users can automatically use closer mirrors, that seems best. Any objections?
