[tex-live] mirroring the texlive archive/ selectively

[Ivan Shmakov]

>>>>> "RF" == Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:

 IS> Using rsync will be a whole lot better (besides, it has --filter=
 IS> as well.)  Thanks, for I never knew that CTAN mirrors support
 IS> rsync!

 RF> not all ctan mirrors do.  the main ctan sites offer rsync (we are
 RF> changing over to use it between the ctan nodes), but (short of
 RF> actually trying) i wouldn't know how to check whether a particular
 RF> mirror does.  (it will no doubt be in the mirror database, but i
 RF> seldom deal with that.)

 IS> Indeed.  It might make a sense to introduce per-protocol domain
 IS> names, like http.mirror.ctan.org, rsync.mirror.ctan.org, etc.

 RF> hah!  cambridge already has that, and it causes no end of trouble

	Huh?  What kind of problems?

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