Lunar SFORGE mirror list

[Dennis Veatch]

On Saturday, May 14, 2011 8:30:58 AM Guillaume wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It seems sourceforge recently changed the way mirror links work. My
> custom download.sf.net... stopped working and the lunar mirror list does
> not work properly
> 
> Only some lunar SFORGE list still work.
> And when a mirror seems to be working, it anyway redirect to the generic
> download link of sf.net
>   => See belnet_mirror.txt  for a not working mirror
>   => See ovh_mirror.txt  for a somewhat working mirror
> 
> I don't see any benefit of keeping the list of mirror as it is.
> 
> Generic SFORGE_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge" works
> well This generic url redirects to the real generic url (which has not the
> same format as the one described in lunar DETAILS files).
>   => See generic_sf.txt
> 
> -
> 
> I've not tested thousand of modules but haven't seen any issue with the
> generic url, why not using it for SFORGE ?
> 
> Please keep in mind that not all mirrors will be enabled at once
> (mirrors sometimes are pulled from rotation), and not all mirrors have
> all files
> source http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Mirrors
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Guillaume

This issue has been mentioned occasionally on IRC and agree their mirrors can 
be problematic. I think http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge should be 
added to the list and made the default with the remainder of the list kept 
should that link croak for whatever reason. 

-- 
Dennis