Query about the usage of FreeBSD mirror sites for other projects

[Oliver Fromme]

Fabian Wenk wrote:
 > On 21.02.2012 16:29, Oliver Fromme wrote:
 > > Ultimately, it would be cool to have a more flexible and
 > > dynamic system for distfiles.
 > > 
 > > Clients wouldn't download directly from certain FTP mirrors
 > > anymore, but they would contact an "index server".  The index
 > > servers maintain a list of locations where each distfile can
 > > be found, similar to a very specialized search engine.  These
 > > locations can be FreeBSD mirrors or mirrors of other projects
 > > (Debian, Gentoo, whatever) or just random sites anywhere on
 > > the internet.  The "MASTER_SITES" information currently
 > 
 > I really like it, that I can download from a mirror which is near 
 > on the network, as it is much faster then from anywhere else on 
 > the internet.

The index server / proxy system that I suggested would also
allow that, of course.

Best regards
   Oliver

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