From: Kirk Haines <khaines@...>
Date: 2004-03-18T00:43:14+09:00
Subject: Re: RAA - So much is broken

Sorry about the lack of quotes.  I deleted what I was going to reply to.  
Ha.

On the issue of an RAA mirror, my interpretation was that Lothar was 
talking about mirroring the packages themselves.  i.e. following the 
where-to-download links from each of the projects and pulling a mirror of 
those items.  That way, should they become unavailable from the original 
site, they are still available someplace.

Now, on the issue of what RAA should do if it detects that a 
where-to-get-it URL no longer works, assuming there is a mirror available, 
what would be neat, I think, is if RAA could redirect the download link to 
the mirror while keeping the original URL in the database.  If, at a later 
date, the original URL started working again, then RAA would simply point 
back to it instead of pointing at the mirror.

That way the original hosting site, whether it be RubyForge or someone's 
personal site, is the main goto point for packages, but if anything goes 
down, there is a redundant backup that can deliver the packages.


Kirk Haines