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[Piero Ottuzzi <ottuzzi AT libero.it>]

Hi my friends,

I think the idea Karsten is proposing is very nice and based on the same idea 
I would like to go one step further...
Mirroring of source packages is nice... but what if we're going to mirror 
also 
precompiled packages?
I mean: how many there has a full system precompiled with k7 optimization?
So.. I'm starting the installation with k7 optimization and the system ask to 
me if I want to download pre-compiled packages (if available and thus using 
the distributed mirroring to fetch precompiled archives) or if I want to 
compile everything from sources.
I know this "one step further" is not as trivial as saying it but it would be 
a nice feature...

Let me know what you think... I have some ideas on how to implement it... I 
can put this ideas on wiki...

Ciaoo
Apiero

Alle 21:23, venerdì 1 ottobre 2004, Karsten Behrmann ha scritto:
> Hey all!
> Just wanted to bring this up again, it was on the list years ago, IIRC.
> The basic idea is that everyone willing runs an ftp server on their
> /var/spool/sorcery, giving us a huge network of mirrors.
>
> You could download a file that's outdated without any trouble, It'll
> stick around for a bit.
> Also, you could download a large file in parts from different servers,
> using all your available bandwidth for a change.
>
> What's the count on people interested?
> Who could run a central server for round-robin?
> Maybe we can get this thing running this time!
> So Far,
>   Karsten Behrmann
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