From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexey Brodkin Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 17:21:24 +0000 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] Config.in: Use CDN kernel.org mirror In-Reply-To: <20160523191858.6b3e878c@free-electrons.com> References: <1464017813-22503-1-git-send-email-abrodkin@synopsys.com> <20160523174643.777faf11@free-electrons.com> <1464019414.7749.8.camel@synopsys.com> <20160523191858.6b3e878c@free-electrons.com> Message-ID: <1464024053.7749.21.camel@synopsys.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hi Thomas, On Mon, 2016-05-23 at 19:18 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 23 May 2016 16:04:05 +0000, Alexey Brodkin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ? ?????http://www.XX.kernel.org/pub (XX = country code) > > > > ? ?????http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ftp.kernel.org?? > > > Should this list of mirrors be removed??? > > Well I have no preference here. > > I mean user still may have a preferred mirror so why would we > > limit him or her here? > Well, if we're pointing to a CDN then really there is no longer any > reason to point users to www.XXX.kernel.org with XX = country code, > since that's what a CDN is doing automatically. Indeed but given our previous discussion it makes sense to leave those help strings for time being. > > > > > > > > > > > > > + ??Now when kernel.org is mirrored by CDN as well we'll be using > > > > + ??it by default to speed-up downloads all over the world.?? > > > I'm sorry, but I don't understand this sentence.?? > > If I'm not mistaken CDN allows to use the best server for each user > > (based on some criteria). Now kerenl.org is mirrored with use of that > > technology. And in theory users of Buildroot all over the world will > > benefit from much faster downloads from this CDN mirror (which will > > be in real life different physical servers for different users). > Yes, of course. But I still think the wording is wrong. The wording > feels like something for the commit log, not for the help text. A > correct wording for the help text could be: > > The default value points to kernel.org's CDN, which will > automatically redirect you to a mirror geographically close to > you. Do you want me to resend the patch or you'll do this fixup before patch application? -Alexey