Bug 38422

Summary:	KDE language packages not mirrored by Gentoo hosts
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	J.O. Aho <bugs-gentoo>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Mirror Admins <mirror-admin>
Status:	RESOLVED LATER
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description J.O. Aho 2004-01-16 09:31:50 UTC

The KDE language packages aren't mirrored on the Gentoo hosts, which makes downloads extremly slow as you get a random kde server somwhere on the wrong side of the planet.

Got my 4 language packages 8fi en tw se) from download.au.kde.org and download.tw.kde.org with an avarage speed of 1.5kb/s. Compared to the host where most of the Gentoo stuff is downloaded (in my case trumpetti.atm.tut.fi), this isn't even 1/100 of the speed.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge kde-base/kde-i18n


Actual Results:  
Downloading from download.au.kde.org and download.tw.kde.org at a speed of 1.5kb/s

Expected Results:  
Downloading from trumpetti.atm.tut.fi or another host in europe, at a speed at
least 200kb/s.

Gentoo should host all the KDE packages.

Comment 1 Kurt Lieber (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-18 07:07:03 UTC

this is by design since the KDE language packages take up a significant amount of space and KDE already has a significant mirror infrastructure in place.

We may look at changing this policy in the future.  marking as later.