[PATCH] rpm_md Metadata vs. Mirroring

[Michael Jennings]

On Friday, 13 June 2008, at 12:45:37 (-0700),
Cliff Wells wrote:

> And if the primary server isn't available will it fall back to a
> mirror?  I've not had too many issues with Fedora proper, but I've
> seen freshrpms down many times (while its mirrors are available).

No, but then that wouldn't make much sense anyway.  If the primary is
unavailable, the mirrors can't receive updated metadata from it.  And
packages are still installed from mirrors, so that's not an issue.

Fedora's new no-master mirroring scheme doesn't really mesh with
smart's idea of mirrors which are substring replacements for a master
URL, so I'm not sure what the right answer would be in that scenario.
That's probably better addressed by Gustavo.

> I'll be glad to test it out, thanks for the work!

Let me know how it goes.  It's been quite successful for me so
far. :-)

Michael

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