#20972: Global master_sites option (in conf) and download acceleration --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: chenggao@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: request | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 1.8.0 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- I really hope Macports can have two features: 1 Global master_sites option to override Portfile settings I find some sites (esp. sf.net) are very slow. For many ports, I have to manually download source tarballs from distfiles.macports.org and then rerun port install. How about add a global option to allow us to use distfiles.macports.org only? It can override master_sites in all Portfiles. Since it seems distfiles.macports.org mirror all files, the natural way is like this: use_main_mirror yes If set, all source tarballs will be downloaded from distfiles.macports.org. Hope server is robust enough or at least smoke/fire-proof enough. 2. Use some download acceleration tool like axel It can accelerate and resume downloading. If combined with above setting, once again I hope server is super robust and super smoke/fire-proof. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20972> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS