[MacPorts] #20972: Global master_sites option (in conf) and download acceleration
#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
#20972: Global master_sites option (in conf) and download acceleration --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: chenggao@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 1.8.0 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Changes (by jmr@…): * type: request => enhancement -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20972#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS
#20972: Global master_sites option (in conf) and download acceleration --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: chenggao@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 1.8.0 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by andre.david@…): Replying to [ticket:20972 chenggao@…]:
I really hope Macports can have two features:
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.
I actually second the need to auto-resume partial downloads. From home it is virtually impossible to update a large package without this. And it is a feature that `wget` and (the new to me) `axel` support out of the box. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20972#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS
#20972: Global master_sites option (in conf) and download acceleration --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: chenggao@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 1.8.0 Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by markjfe@…): Addition to request no. 1 in the original post: Request that option should be to select downloads site, not just a flag to force the master site. Ref #28054 which describes a similar issue. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/20972#comment:3> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS
#20972: Global master_sites option (in conf) ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: chenggao@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 1.8.0 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Port: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by jmr@…): * status: new => closed * resolution: => fixed Comment: Options for preferred and blacklisted servers added in r89459. "Download acceleration" is a whole other feature, so this should really have been two tickets, but I believe there are already other tickets covering that kind of thing anyway. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/20972#comment:4> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS
#20972: Global master_sites option (in conf) ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: chenggao@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts Future Component: base | Version: 1.8.0 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Port: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by jmr@…): * milestone: => MacPorts Future -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/20972#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS
#20972: Global master_sites option (in conf) ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: chenggao@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts 2.1.0 Component: base | Version: 1.8.0 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Port: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by jmr@…): * milestone: MacPorts Future => MacPorts 2.1.0 -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/20972#comment:> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS
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