Re: mirrors, Debian http-redirector & derivatives
Raphael Hertzog <[email protected]>
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Hi, On Wed, 03 Jun 2015, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Have you found any problems with using it for serving apt repositories? > > It works very well given that most files served by a Debian mirror > have a unique name. So you are always redirected to a mirror that has the > file that you requested. > > The few problems I have encountered were mostly due repropro deleting > old packages immediately instead of keeping them around for 2-3 days until > all Packages file no longer reference such files. > > That said, it would be better if mirrorbrain supported some more advanced > health check: http://mirrorbrain.org/issues/issue150 mirrorbrain just moved to github, this is now: https://github.com/poeml/mirrorbrain/issues/150 And I forgot about one issue that is a bit more annoying: https://github.com/poeml/mirrorbrain/issues/21 In practice with a good mirror network, it's not so problematic, but it's still a serious issue (one that's fixable though). Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: http://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: http://debian-handbook.info/get/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]