Hello, A massive number of mirrors in this group are invalid. Furthermore, the structure of this mirror list is quite ugly. For the same "server", there are multiple paths, e.g.: http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/fedora/linux/extras http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/fedora/linux/core http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/fedora/linux MOST of the mirrors in this list have 2-4 paths like this, which means you really only have about a 1 in 3 chance of hitting a working URL, IF the specific server is even up. Realistically, if you are requesting a specific file, your chances are much much worse. This mirror list is just a mess. Since so few ebuilds use this MASSIVE list (6 ebuilds, 605 mirror URLs), I would suggest these few ebuilds be moved to direct URLs or a URL based on the fedora-dev group. Here are the affected packages: x11-themes/redhat-artwork-5.0.8-r4:SRC_URI=mirror://fedora/development/source/SRPMS/redhat-artwork-5.0.8-4.fc7.src.rpm x11-misc/xsri-2.1.0-r1:SRC_URI=mirror://fedora/5/source/SRPMS/xsri-2.1.0-9.2.1.src.rpm www-client/htmlview-3.0.0-r1:SRC_URI=mirror://fedora/development/SRPMS/htmlview-3.0.0-8.src.rpm net-dns/bind-dns-keygen-9.3.2.39-r1:SRC_URI=mirror://fedora/development/source/SRPMS/bind-9.3.2-39.fc6.src.rpm net-dns/bind-dns-keygen-9.3.2.39:SRC_URI=mirror://fedora/development/source/SRPMS/bind-9.3.2-39.fc6.src.rpm sys-devel/gdb-7.2.50.20101117.4.15:SRC_URI=mirror://fedora/development/source/SRPMS/gdb-7.2.50.20101117-4.fc15.src.rpm Thanks!
Thank you for the report, I concur that it's best to kill the fedora mirror group if it's just 6 ebuilds. Tracker-ifying bug.
htmlview handled (was maintainer-needed; since I can't find any hosting for it on the standard mirrors I just moved a copy onto the gentoo mirrors).
bind-dns-keygen updated likewise.
just change the handful of ebuilds yourself to use the right path. filing bugs for people takes more time than just making the change.
We are not pressed for time, and I would rather be slow, file bugs, and give people the courtesy of letting them know about the change than just go in and edit without notifying the maintainer.
(In reply to Chris Reffett from comment #5) maintainers don't care about stupid stuff like this. just make the change and be done.
No ebuilds use this mirror group anymore so I believe this group can be pruned from the thirdpartymirrors file (reducing its total size by ~35%!)
commit 7a6dd0729b603b0679324d20c351c9286b760857 Author: Jason Zaman <perfinion@gentoo.org> Date: Wed Oct 21 21:28:50 2015 +0800 profiles/thirdpartymirrors: Drop fedora. not used in any ebuilds. Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/494688
