We have a bit update today, and we see: The syncing process is not really good. So I suggest to change the procedure mirrorsyncs are done: We should have primary and secondary mirrors. When al.org is updated, the sync process of the primary mirrors should be started via ssh(or something similar). Then the primary mirrors start the sync process on the secondary mirrors via ssh. So the al.org server isn't overloaded and the mirrors are more up to date because of the push way.
Thanks for signing that message, I wasn't sure it was from you. The problem here is we haven't had anyone step up and *finish* a two tier mirror system. The situation has improved a bit, but without a developer actively working on it we aren't going to have it fully implemented. As far as pushing goes, that is a bad idea for a number of reasons, the primary being one compromised root server gains you ssh access to X more servers. -Dan