From: Tom Copeland <tom@...>
Date: 2008-11-11T12:42:53+09:00
Subject: Re: gem mirrors down?


On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Mark Thomas wrote:

> There seem to be some gem mirrors down right now. One example is
> http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/

Hm, seems to be OK from here:

http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/rails-2.1.1.gem

Is that URL not responding for you?

> There are at least a few others that are redirects from http://gems.rubyforge.org/
> that are down (xaop, mmmultiworks). Does rubyforge monitor the mirrors
> at all?

Yup, we have a "mirrorwatch" script that moves gems in and out of  
rotation if they go offline.

> Is there a way for me to specify a specific mirror for gem to use for
> installs?

Hm, I think not at the moment... I think the gem indexes are not  
mirrored, just the gems.  Would be good to do that, though, probably...

Yours,

Tom