Re: pkgsrc selfhosting

["Zafer Aydoğan" <zafer%aydogan.de@localhost>]

2008/8/12 Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 06:03:26PM +0200, Zafer Aydo??an wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> following idea came to my mind:
>>
>> Wouldn't it be great, if pkgsrc would provide all source files
>> (distfiles) by themselves, instead of
>> downloading it from the authors server ?
>>
>> I mean, all distfiles could be prefetched.
>> master_sites would always point to our
>> main server (respectively round robin through our own mirrors).
>>
>> Like it is done on master_backup.
>> Like it is done for binary packages.
>> Like debian is providing the source and the binary packages by themselves.
>>
>> This way NetBSD could provide successful downloads and
>> would not worry about broken or outdated links.
>> No more updating master_sites.
>
> The problem with that approach is the bandwidth of the primary host.
>

What about encouraging mirrors ?
They could help distributing the load.


Zafer.

ps: Btw. what is the ISC uplink from NetBSD ?



> Having said that, it's quite easy to do it right now, just by setting
> one definition in your /etc/mk.conf or equivalent.
>
> Regards,
> Alistair
>
> PS. If you're still wondering what the definition is, send me private
> mail. I do not want to be responsible for overloading our servers.
> Not directly, anyway. :-)
>