Re: Default to fetching from CDN first?

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 13 Sep 2019 at 19:33, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
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> David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
>
> > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 09:05:23AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> >  > I do see the point that people would be less likely to notice a missing
> >  > upstream.   But once you have fetched the distfile, you won't either.
> >
> > The whole point of mirroring distfiles is to avoid having to notice
> > when the file goes missing upstream.
>
> That's the point for everyone but the package maintainer.

...but also anybody who wants to update the package, offer a patch or
simply report a bug.

Wouldn't it just be easier to implement distfile checking in PKG_DEVELOPER ?


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Ottavio Caruso