[Bug 268403] The ports mirror does not cache all the files that need to be downloaded like gentoo does

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=268403

--- Comment #2 from ykla <yklaxds@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Philip Paeps from comment #1)

I understand your point of view, but there are still some problems here.
Caching files for download is something that should be done by mirrors, not by
users, and FreeBSD users are not just limited to the US or Europe but are
widely distributed around the world. This is why mirror sites are so important. 

According to the Gentoo Linux mirror, it is only 544.87 GB in size, while the
FreeBSD ports mirror is currently 171.74 GB. Even if the FreeBSD ports mirror
were to cache all the files for download, it would not be much larger than
that. In contrast, one version of the FreeBSD pkg image has an architecture of
about 150 GB, and caching all the files needed for ports is not likely to put
much strain on the FreeBSD servers. 

I would ask the FreeBSD community to actively consider this issue. thanks a
lot.

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