[news.eclipse.tools.pdt] Re: Eclipse download site performance is terrib

[Ed Merks <Ed.Merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nick,

It's also important to point out that a SR1 was just released so many 
thousands of people are downloading the latest and greatest yesterday 
and today.


Nick Boldt wrote:
> Two thoughts here:
>
> a) Try a mirror - the Friends Of Eclipse site gets about 1000k/s, but 
> it's a pay-per-use thing at $35/year. Of course it does help the 
> Foundation afford bandwidth and servers, so it's a small price to pay. 
> There are also some pretty fast other mirrors out there in Canada and 
> the US. (I can't speak for the rest of the planet as I haven't tried 
> them.)
>
> b) This isn't a PDT issue, so try posting in eclipse.newcomer or 
> opening a bug if you feel it's a real issue.
>
> Note also that Eclipse 3.4.1 was just released yesterday so there's 
> going to be a lot of bandwidth saturation as everyone grabs the 
> update. In another day or two, there will be more mirrors available 
> and you'll have more places to get your bits.
>
> If you'd like to try an unofficial* PDT build, you can get it here:
>
> http://emft.eclipse.org/pdt/downloads/