key functinality for the repository thing:
sentral repository redirection
different content for different mirrors possible, can therefor be used to redirect to servers only hosting 1 file, or to massive repositories if anyone has the means to host such a thing
repository/redirection server does _not_ need to keep any file content, and can therefore easlily be hosted at a limited bandwidth site
multiple cooperating redirection servers possible
mirror is easily set up with only webserver serving the files needed
slef-maintaining with mirror status check before redirection (check for temporary and permanent file archive status, will redirect to other mirror if primary/first chosen is unavalable)
written in plain php4 and does _not_ require a database
I'm alsoworking on:
redirection to geographically closest mirror, challenge here is to keep it free
I'm also considering:
possibly expanding to also handling FTP if that seems smart
hosting a local copy of all files on the redirection server in case all hosting mirrors for a file is unavalable
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