As it seems that its just a single host site, for now using the github infra would be more reliable and efficient for the users around the world. I guess we can suggest upstream also upload the distfile to github as a backup site.

Porters Handbook suggests that we use release archives whenever possible and these will indirectly have a backup as distcache will (I suppose) pick it up. It's not like we'll have any more using GitHub in that regard and it'll be most likely even harder to find a mirror if needed compared to release archives.

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In D37949#889489, @diizzy wrote:

Porters Handbook suggests that we use release archives whenever possible and these will indirectly have a backup as distcache will (I suppose) pick it up. It's not like we'll have any more using GitHub in that regard and it'll be most likely even harder to find a mirror if needed compared to release archives.

updated in another commit.

Thanks, great work!