[MacPorts] #60590: rsync.macports.org and other services at FAU are down

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#60590: rsync.macports.org and other services at FAU are down
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  Reporter:  herbygillot     |      Owner:  admin@…
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
  Priority:  High            |  Milestone:
 Component:  server/hosting  |    Version:
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:                  |
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Comment (by herbygillot):

 Replying to [comment:25 neverpanic]:
 > Throwing out random other ideas of things that would avoid this in the
 future: Switch MacPorts base syncing to HTTP downloads and ports syncing
 to Git in MacPorts base, add git mirrors and code that will fall back to
 those if syncing fails.
 >
 > We could also look into using services such as bintray to host our
 distfiles and packages.

 I like these ideas.  Maybe have the port client use an HTTP HEAD request,
 perhaps additionally with checksums sent by the server so that the client
 can avoid downloading base if it doesn't need to.

 Additionally it would be nice to have perhaps something like
 status.macports.org that shows the status of origin/mirror hosts.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60590#comment:26>
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