From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D291138247 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:11:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 36D68E0C86; Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:11:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52877E0384 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:11:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from marga.jer-c2.orkz.net (D4B2706A.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [212.178.112.106]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jer) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D98433F65A for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:11:07 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 16:11:02 +0100 From: Jeroen Roovers To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage Feature Request: making thirdpartymirrors easier to manage Message-ID: <20140108161102.6c8e47d2@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net> In-Reply-To: References: <52CB1B6D.5090800@yahoo.ca> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5b4373ab-d8ee-42ba-888f-55bfcd7a6478 X-Archives-Hash: fa0dde40eb62ced0abd2690cde29092e On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 21:12:59 +0000 "Robin H. Johnson" wrote: > I was also asked by a user to make it possible to adjust the priority > of some mirror URLs, instead of only random choice. While we are at it, we could add keywords for (global) regions, so that I can set portage to look for a European mirror and portage will avoid contacting a distant mirror in Asia or America. It's probably worth it in the long run to do a little more here than have users simply express priorities for specific mirrors. We could probably set up the path structure like this: profiles/thirdpartymirrors/gnu/Europe and add a blacklist/whitelist/priority structure in /etc/portage/profiles/thirdpartymirrors, maybe? Portage might even use the local system's timezone to determine what mirror set to use. jer