Re: [pear-webmaster] mirroring downloads of pear.php.net packages

Martin Jansen wrote: > On Sat Mar 24, 2007 at 05:5707PM -0500, Gregory Beaver wrote: >> After today's mortifying down time of more than 24 hours of >> pear.php.net, > > To be exact, the downtime lasted for about 16 hours. > >> Mirroring will be a simple rsync of static files directly from >> pear.php.net every 4 hours, with a simple search/replace of >> download.pear.php.net in the REST release XML. > > So this means that people, who have configured their installer to use > one of the mirrors instead of the primary site, will in the worst case > have to wait 4 hours untils they can install a release after it has > been uploaded on pear.php.net? Or will the installer fall back to the > primary site if it receives a 404 error from a mirror? The installer will only attempt to contact the mirror, and never fall back to the original site. However, if a mirror wishes to implement a 404 fallback, the installer is fully capable of processing a redirect. So, short answer: Yes, a 4 hour delay will be the maximum necessary wait. No, the installer will not fall back to the primary site. Greg