* Re: [gentoo-dev] (crazy?) proposal to reduce load and disk on mirrors
@ 2003-07-24 16:39 99% ` gerrynjr
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From: gerrynjr @ 2003-07-24 16:39 UTC (permalink / raw
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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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