Hello Julian,

thank you for the patch

Julian Flake <flake@uni-koblenz.de> writes:

> Maybe(!) this allows for installing newer versions of packages that are downloaded from Apache servers (e.g. Maven). Can anyone test and confirm?
>
> ---
>  guix/download.scm | 15 ++-------------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/guix/download.scm b/guix/download.scm
> index 561a893eee..3abbf2f10c 100644
> --- a/guix/download.scm
> +++ b/guix/download.scm
> @@ -134,19 +134,8 @@ (define %mirrors
>         "http://mirror.linux.org.au/"
>         "https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/"
>         "ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.kernel.org/pub/")
> -      (apache             ; from http://www.apache.org/mirrors/dist.html
> -       "http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/"
> -       "http://www.us.apache.org/dist/"
> -       "https://ftp.nluug.nl/internet/apache/"
> -       "http://apache.mirror.iweb.ca/"
> -       "http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/apache/"
> -       "http://apache.mirrors.ovh.net/ftp.apache.org/dist/"
> -       "http://apache-mirror.rbc.ru/pub/apache/"
> -       "ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/apache/"
> -       "http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/apache/"
> -
> -       ;; As a last resort, try the archive.
> -       "http://archive.apache.org/dist/")

The archive is still working, there is no need to remove it

> +      (apache
> +       "https://dlcdn.apache.org/")
>        (xorg               ; from http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/Download
>         "http://www.x.org/releases/" ; main mirrors
>         "http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/x.org/" ; North America
>
> base-commit: 960647f0161c2c99ea3417d129662181e882cfeb

Please can you send a new version of this patch, also with a proper
commit message?

Thanks! Gio'

-- 
Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures