[oe] [PATCH] base.bbclass: introduce OE source mirror network as last resort for do_fetch

[Chris Larson]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Rolf
Leggewie<oe-devel at rolf.leggewie.biz> wrote:
> Updating recipes and checksums.ini for vanishing upstream hosts or simple
> restructuring can quickly become a chore for OE devs if taken seriously.
> The OE user experience suffers severely when at any given point in time 4
> to 5 recipes on average fail do_fetch for a simple image.
>
> The solution is for OE to provide its own caching of upstream sources.
> mirrors.openembedded.org is a swarm of possibly incomplete source mirrors
> provided by the community and load-balanced via DNS round robin.  They
> act as a first line of defense and lower bandwidth load on melo which
> hosts sources.openembedded.org.  The melo mirror aims to have a complete
> copy of free-to-publish sources used by the current org.oe.dev branch.
>
> Some distributions have provided source mirrors in the past for their
> users. I think it's time for a general and all-encompassing solution.
>
> The infrastructure is being currently put in place.  This patch will
> turn on the OE sources mirror network by default.

Looks like a good idea to me.  404s cause a great deal of difficulty
for the userbase.

Acked-by: Chris Larson <clarson at kergoth.com>
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