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Debian mirrors HTTP redirector
http://httpredir.debian.org/
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should limit the number of alternative mirrors #2

Closed rgeissert closed 11 years ago

rgeissert commented 12 years ago

Even after creating a geo location-based subset of the population of mirrors that may serve a file, the number of alternatives may go from one to over 15 based on some real data-backed tests.

Whenever APT starts handling external redirections better it will cause issues. A great diversity of mirrors would only beneficial if there's at least one file that needs to be downloaded from each, ideally more than just one.

The redirector should limit the candidates to about 5 and see how it works.

rgeissert commented 12 years ago

The changes introduced in 2825c260 already limit the number of mirrors in some cases but it is still not enough.