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Re: Multiple pending setup patches
Op Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:35:12 -0400 (EDT) schreef Igor Pechtchanski
in <Pine.GSO.4.63.0510180131020.21802@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>:
: On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Buzz wrote:
: > Op Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:30:34 -0400 (EDT) schreef Igor Pechtchanski:
[Mirror manually added or stale.]
: > : You are assuming that the format of the last-mirror file is fixed and
: > : won't change. We could keep the fact that the user typed in the mirror
: > : URL as opposed to clicking on one of the official ones...
: > : Igor
: > Would it not be possible to use the cached mirror-list to
: > differentiate the two cases? (Only warn if a mirror is used which is
: > in cache but not in new list. Keep the old mirror in the cache if
: > the user wants to be warned again.)
: > (I know, SHTDI.)
: a) the cached mirror-list was only introduced recently,
I suggest using it. Your point?
: b) the cached mirror-list is overwritten every time a successful
: connection is established with sourceware.org,
That could change. (Or the stale mirrors might get appended.)
: c) this kind of information belongs in last-mirror, IMO, and
That is also an option. Adding a ``stale''-flag there, if the user
wants to be warned again, should work.
Still, one could use the cached mirror-list to determine when an
official mirror went stale since last connection.
: d) you said it: SHTDI.
If there's interest, I'm willing to look into the source. (It may take
me a while. The last time I looked at it is way back.)
L8r,
Buzz.
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