Re: Download mirrors lagging behind

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Bostjan Skufca <bostjan@a2o.si> wrote: >> These give quite different output: >> >> > http://si1.php.net/get/php-5.4.9.tar.gz/from/a/mirror >> > http://uk.php.net/get/php-5.4.9.tar.gz/from/a/mirror >> > (the later displays mirror selection page, the former do not) >> >> >> What did the first one return? >> Since the mirror didn't have the file at the time, I believe it may >> have given you back "this file doesn't exists on this mirror" page? > > > Sample output is here (changed version to something that does not exist): > http://si1.php.net/get/php-5.4.10.tar.gz/from/a/mirror > > As I am going over the situation again, I might have used a link that I > should not have (from/a/mirror instead of from/this/mirror). When I tried it > manually, it displayed a "Download not found" page. > I think that on this 404 page there should be a mirror list with a notice to > try other mirrors, and/or link back to www.php.net website, which is > authoritative in this respect (but then mirroring becomes a bit inefficient > at the time of new release). > >> $ wget http://php.net/get/php-5.4.9.tar.gz/from/this/mirror >> >> The www mirror should refuse to serve this request and redirect you to >> the nearest mirror based on your ip and download the file from that >> one. > > > Tnx, this is exactly what I was looking for. Maybe this link should be added > to the downloads section, with a "for automated downloads" note? Most people use distribution packages these days, or download the archives manually. Those who maintain multiple datacenters and use the official archives usually only download the package once and then add it to their own private repositories rather then download it multiple times.. So the usecase for this isn't that large these days, and I believe it will only confuse our less experienced users to add even more links to our download pages. -Hannes