<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Hey folks!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I noticed that you guys are fetching SourceForge files from the mirrors directly, and did a little grepping. I'm not a macports/darwinports expert (or even a heavy user), but I think that it's set in mirror_sites.tcl:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>set portfetch::mirror_sites::sites(sourceforge) {</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net">http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net">http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net">http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net">http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://ovh.dl.sourceforge.net">http://ovh.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net">http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net">http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net">http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net">http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net">http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net">http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net">http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net">http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net">http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV>}</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>In the old days, until about a month ago, users accessing a file like <A href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gaim/gaim-1.5.0.exe">http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gaim/gaim-1.5.0.exe</A> would be sent to a mirror selection page. Recently, we replaced that page with a more intelligent download redirector.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I would love to see you change the snippet above to:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>set portfetch::mirror_sites::sites(sourceforge) {</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net">http://downloads.sourceforge.net</A>/</DIV><DIV>}</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Doing this should provide these benefits:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>1) You won't have to manage the mirror list as mirrors are added or removed.</DIV><DIV>2) You can ensure that the mirror you're sent to has the file you're looking for. Not all mirrors have all files.</DIV><DIV>3) Your users will probably get a faster download due to the geolocation.</DIV><DIV>4) SourceForge projects will get fair download statistics - going to the mirror directly bypasses our statistics hooks, so your downloads haven't been counting towards their SourceForge.net project activity rating.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The risk is, of course, that if the SF.net website goes down, so will your ability to get these files. Perhaps you could list <A href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net">http://downloads.sourceforge.net</A> first and keep a few other ones in there as a backup in case we're down? Does port try to fetch from the mirrors using the listed order?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Let me know if you have any questions.. :)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Thanks!<DIV>Ross<BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>--</DIV><DIV>Ross David Turk <<A href="mailto:rdt@sf.net">rdt@sf.net</A>></DIV><DIV>SourceForge.net Community Manager</DIV></SPAN><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>