http-replicator (was Re: InstantMirror needs a rethink)

[Orion Poplawski]

Ed Swierk wrote:
>  After spending some time examining http-replicator I think that
> it's a
>  much better foundation for further development of InstantMirror
>  features than mod_python is. Running as a standalone daemon lets it
>  handle concurrent requests more naturally.
>  
>  As a bonus, http-replicator supports upstream ftp servers as well as
>  http, and deals with byte-range requests properly (more properly than
>  InstantMirror does, at least).
>  
>  Unlike InstantMirror, the current http-replicator implements a
>  traditional http proxy rather than a transparent proxy. It was pretty
>  easy to hack in a new --mirror option that lets it support either
>  mode. With the attached patch (applied atop
>  http-replicator_4.0alpha1), http-replicator acts as a drop-in
>  replacement for InstantMirror:
>  
>  ./http-replicator --port 80 --root /mirrors --mirror
>  http://download.fedora.redhat.com --nohost --daemon mirror.log
>  
>  If this works for someone besides me, I'll submit the patch to the
>  http-replicator maintainer.
>  
>  --Ed
>   
Any chance someone could get http-replicator into shape as a real python 
module and package?  I'd be very grateful!

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