svn commit: r306755 - head/Mk

[Wesley Shields]

On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 10:42:17AM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote:
> Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3 at amdmi3.ru> wrote:
> > * Emanuel Haupt (ehaupt at FreeBSD.org) wrote:
> > 
> > > > >> Dmitry and Pav went to some trouble to sort this list so that
> > > > >> those mirrors resulting in faster downloads for a majority of
> > > > >> users were placed first.  Have you verified that an
> > > > >> alphabetical sort won't result in slower average downloads for
> > > > >> many users?
> > > > >
> > > > > I was not aware of that. I just noticed that the list was
> > > > > somewhat outdated.
> > > > >
> > > > > A site that's fast for you might not be fast for someone else
> > > > > due to the geographical location so I am not sure what criteria
> > > > > was used to determine which one was better than others.
> > > > >
> > > > > One can always use MASTER_SORT to priorize some sites.
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, of course -- but here we are concerned with the average
> > > > speeds using default settings, for the largest number of users.
> > > > We can't provide a fixed ordering that works well for everyone,
> > > > but the heuristics Dmitry used last time are mentioned throughout
> > > > the thread starting with:
> > > > 
> > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2009-September/056783.html
> > > 
> > > Interesting stats. Thanks for finding that post.
> > > 
> > > I've restored the previous sort order for now.
> > 
> > Heh, it feels nice when something you've done years ago and have long
> > forgotten is brought up suddenly :)
> > 
> > Well, if the SF mirror list should be updated, I may run speed test
> > again - I happen to still have the scripts (and I've fixed broken
> > link from the above mentioned post).
> 
> Do you still happen to have the script you used back then?

You may want to look into ports-mgmt/fastest_sites.

-- WXS