[RTEMS Project] #4573: Add support for download mirrors to the RSB

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#4573: Add support for download mirrors to the RSB
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  Reporter:  Sebastian Huber  |      Owner:  Needs Funding
      Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Indefinite
 Component:  tool/rsb         |    Version:
  Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
Blocked By:                   |   Blocking:
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 Currently, the RSB supports only a single download source for sources and
 patches. If this download source is unavailable it is not possible to
 build the RTEMS tool suite. One approach would be to add an option for
 download mirrors.

 Update the `%source` keyword to accept:

  %source mirror mpc 1 https://ftp.mpi-
 inf.mpg.de/../mpc-%{mpc_version}.tar.gz

 where `1` is an integer priority and 1 is highest. The code is here:

 https://git.rtems.org/rtems-source-builder/tree/source-
 builder/sb/sources.py#n55

 There is no such thing as a list in the macros so I suspect you would need
 to
 dereference the source where the results of `_make_key` would reference
 another
 series of macro keys that are the mirrors.

 Do we want to start maintaining lists of mirrors in RSB configurations? I
 am
 undecided. As developers we do not notice the online status due to the RSB
 cache. For sites and users would deployment be a better long term
 solution?

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