Subject: Re: bug#63068: [PATCH] fixed apache mirrors

From: Julian Flake <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 10:22:19 +0200

Hello Giovanni,

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

see above (or https://issues.guix.gnu.org/63068#6). I didn't send 
it to [email-masked], since I still didn't test the 
patch. Furthermore I am not sure, how a proper commit message 
looks like, when it is not related to a package (there is no 
YASnippet for that, right?).

Best Regards,
Julian

On Thu, May 04 2023, Giovanni Biscuolo wrote:

> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> Hello Julian,
>
> thank you for the patch
>
> Julian Flake <[email-masked]> 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
>
> [[End of PGP Signed Part]]

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