Re: Trimming the CPAN - "Automatic Purging"
[email protected] (Arthur Corliss)
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, Andy Armstrong wrote: > We're nearly there if A == a CPAN::Mini style mirror, B == the current mirror pruned and C == backpan. > > So the actions to make that happen are: > > * give the current clients specific support for this > * generate a master mini mirror that other mini mirrors can pull from. > * prune > > If we agree that this is a good solution I'm happy to do some work on it - I could host the mini master and I'd be happy to send Andreas a patch for CPAN.pm to support this scheme. It should be pointed out that this is only viable under the assumption that you have a separate pool of servers for each tier. Again, this is just load balancing, not load optimization. That said, if you have the volunteers, then why not. Perhaps I can offer a system to support mirroring up here in Alaska. --Arthur Corliss Live Free or Die