Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-22 Thread Yousef Raffah
On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 07:33 -0500, Martin Jackson wrote: > >> I'm using 6.1-RC built on Apr 18 but that problem was there even on > >> 6.0-RELEASE > > > > Are you using an HTTP proxy? The pre-6.1 series portsnap did not play > > nicely with HTTP proxies. There were some patches committed in Mar

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-22 Thread Martin Jackson
I'm using 6.1-RC built on Apr 18 but that problem was there even on 6.0-RELEASE Are you using an HTTP proxy? The pre-6.1 series portsnap did not play nicely with HTTP proxies. There were some patches committed in March or so to address PR's on the subject. I haven't had an opportunity to te

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-22 Thread Martin Jackson
Here is what I get: # portsnap fetch Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. Fetching snapshot tag... done. Fetching snapshot metadata... done. Updating from Tue Apr 18 03:16:17 AST 2006 to Sat Apr 22 14:30:08 AST 2006. Fetching 4 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata patches...

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-22 Thread Yousef Raffah
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 10:19 -0700, Colin Percival wrote: > Paul Mather wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 14:40 +0200, Benjamin Lutz wrote: > >> Hm, but I see a quite noticeable speed difference between portsnap1 and > >> portsnap2. The second one is quite a bit faster. > > I'll look into this over

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-21 Thread Colin Percival
Paul Mather wrote: > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 14:40 +0200, Benjamin Lutz wrote: >> Hm, but I see a quite noticeable speed difference between portsnap1 and >> portsnap2. The second one is quite a bit faster. I'll look into this over the summer. > I notice that on 4.x portsnap never finds any mirrors

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-21 Thread Paul Mather
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 14:40 +0200, Benjamin Lutz wrote: > On Wednesday 19 April 2006 00:44, Colin Percival wrote: > > I have a list of people who have offered mirrors, but so far I haven't > > seen any need for additional mirrors -- the two which already exist are > > showing no signs of slowing do

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-21 Thread Benjamin Lutz
On Wednesday 19 April 2006 00:44, Colin Percival wrote: > I have a list of people who have offered mirrors, but so far I haven't > seen any need for additional mirrors -- the two which already exist are > showing no signs of slowing down. Hm, but I see a quite noticeable speed difference between p

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-19 Thread Simon L. Nielsen
On 2006.04.19 09:50:31 +0200, Oliver Brandmueller wrote: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:28:56AM +0100, Chris wrote: > > On 18/04/06, Colin Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why do you think there should be an .eu mirror? > > > > Whilst portsnap is fast, it is a noticeable speed difference wh

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-19 Thread Oliver Brandmueller
Hello, On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:28:56AM +0100, Chris wrote: > On 18/04/06, Colin Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why do you think there should be an .eu mirror? > > Whilst portsnap is fast, it is a noticeable speed difference when > using from eu servers, I also think its a good idea fo

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-18 Thread Chris
On 18/04/06, Colin Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris wrote: > > How many mirrors does portsnap have, it seems to only have around 3 or > > 4 and they all located in the .us whilst cvs has dozens around the > > world. > > Two mirrors, actually: portsnap1.freebsd.org, and portsnap2.freebsd.

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-18 Thread Colin Percival
Chris wrote: > How many mirrors does portsnap have, it seems to only have around 3 or > 4 and they all located in the .us whilst cvs has dozens around the > world. Two mirrors, actually: portsnap1.freebsd.org, and portsnap2.freebsd.org. > Is there a eu pool of mirrors available to use or if not i

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-18 Thread Marius Nuennerich
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:43:52 +0100 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How many mirrors does portsnap have, it seems to only have around 3 or > 4 and they all located in the .us whilst cvs has dozens around the > world. > > Is there a eu pool of mirrors available to use or if not is their a > way

Re: portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-17 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 01:43:52AM +0100, Chris wrote: > How many mirrors does portsnap have, it seems to only have around 3 or > 4 and they all located in the .us whilst cvs has dozens around the > world. > > Is there a eu pool of mirrors available to use or if not is their a > way I can apply to

portsnap mirror servers

2006-04-17 Thread Chris
How many mirrors does portsnap have, it seems to only have around 3 or 4 and they all located in the .us whilst cvs has dozens around the world. Is there a eu pool of mirrors available to use or if not is their a way I can apply to host an eu mirror or even 2 eu mirrors. Chris ___