Re: [gentoo-dev] (crazy?) proposal to reduce load and disk on mirrors

[gerrynjr <gerrynjr@emailgroups.net>]

I think it's a great Idea. I proposed a similar idea several months
ago... but it was shot down due to security concerns, plus I had no clue
how to write the needed code. It is definitely a good idea, providing those concerns can be addressed.


On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 02:35, Håvard Wall wrote:
> There has been some discussion lately about how to reduce disk usage on 
> mirrors. Some programs (typically games) takes a lot of space and must 
> be stored in the portage-tree due to lack of good host-sites on their own.
> 
> How about implementing a file-sharing propram taylored for gentoo? Users 
> could voluntarily share their /usr/portage/distfiles, or whatever would 
> benefit mirrors. This would potentially let us keep huge (gaming-)files 
> on their (faulty) hosts. When the original host is down, there would 
> probably already be some users online which have a copy and is sharing it.
> 
> Ok, I guess this might be a rather stupid proposal. I don't expect any 
> supportive comments. Just had to get it off my chest -)  Flames are 
> nevertheless welcome.
> 
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