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Re: [arch-mirrors] [arch-dev-public] Putting the process of adding new mirrors on hold
by Guillaume ALAUX 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

On 30 September 2010 14:16, Dan McGee <dpmcgee(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Guillaume ALAUX <guillaume(a)alaux.net> wrote: >> On 30 September 2010 11:41, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Currently we have almost 90 active mirrors in the official mirror list >>> and new requests for becoming an official mirror are appearing quite often. >>> However, not all mirrors are good ones (outdated, incomplete, admins >>> don't respond, etc). >>> I marked inactive many of them during past months (including about 20 >>> during FrOSCon), >>> and will continue to do this until all of the mirrors meet the requirements. >>> >>> 22 mirrors that are in the official list did not move to the 2-tier scheme yet, >>> which means we do not know where do they sync from, >>> admins did not respond or there is no known email address of the admin. >>> These will be removed from the list very soon. > > If they are syncing and up-to-date > (http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/) then why remove them? That > seems pretty silly to me. We one remaining that seems to have fallen > off the map (unix.pl), 5 that are out of date, and one without a > lastsync file. > >>> If you are using some mirror that was removed from the list recently >>> and you know how to contact the admin - let me know. >>> >>> Considering the fact that there is no package signing support yet >>> I don't see a reason why we should have that many mirrors, >>> especially when they don't meet the requirements. >>> >>> Recently I had to defer some requests to become an official mirror >>> from some private sites. I apologize that this caused a frustration of >>> their admins >>> and hope that the reasons are understandable. >>> >>> To make this fair to everyone I'm thinking about (temporary) putting >>> the process of adding new mirrors on hold. >>> >>> -- >>> Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич) >>> >> >> Hi Roman, >> >> On the "mirrors list page" [1] I see 56 "untiered" mirrors. May we >> know which are the 22 you mention? >> Just say so if you would like some help trying to get in touch with >> some mirror admins. > > You probably missed the "active" column there. > >> For instance I see these French or Belgian mirrors : >> These 2 were removed from the mirrorlist >> -ftp.belnet.be >> -ftp.free.fr >> >> And this one is 3 weeks old and untiered: >> -mir1.archlinux.fr >> >> I could try to mail them in French... > > No one will ever stand in your way of helping out. I'm sure you can > chip in; if you start doing a lot you can probably get in the coveted > "Mirror Admin" group. :P > > -Dan > Hum... that was based on the DE Arch status page (https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus) but you're right, I should rely on the ORG "mirror" and "mirror/status" : - http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/ - http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/ That said I just check these two and they don't even have the multilib repo nor a kernel26 that is newer than 2.6.34-1 : Server = http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch Server = ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch Both were removed from the mirrorlist. I guess they belong to the 22. I'll try to get in touch with their admins. > if you start doing a lot you can probably get in the coveted "Mirror Admin" group. :P That sounds way to sarcastic to be a group I want to belong to :) -- Guillaume

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[arch-mirrors] [arch-dev-public] Putting the process of adding new mirrors on hold
by Roman Kyrylych 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Currently we have almost 90 active mirrors in the official mirror list and new requests for becoming an official mirror are appearing quite often. However, not all mirrors are good ones (outdated, incomplete, admins don't respond, etc). I marked inactive many of them during past months (including about 20 during FrOSCon), and will continue to do this until all of the mirrors meet the requirements. 22 mirrors that are in the official list did not move to the 2-tier scheme yet, which means we do not know where do they sync from, admins did not respond or there is no known email address of the admin. These will be removed from the list very soon. If you are using some mirror that was removed from the list recently and you know how to contact the admin - let me know. Considering the fact that there is no package signing support yet I don't see a reason why we should have that many mirrors, especially when they don't meet the requirements. Recently I had to defer some requests to become an official mirror from some private sites. I apologize that this caused a frustration of their admins and hope that the reasons are understandable. To make this fair to everyone I'm thinking about (temporary) putting the process of adding new mirrors on hold. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[arch-mirrors] New request to become an authorized mirror
by Francesc Hervada-Sala 25 Sep '10

25 Sep '10

Hi, I've set up an Arch Linux mirror in Germany and would like to become an authorized mirror. I've just opened a feature request at the bug tracker FS#20939. The mirror ist accessible via http and ftp under: http://ftp.u-tx.net/archlinux/ ftp://ftp.u-tx.net/archlinux I followed the instructions at the wiki [1], I hope everything is ok, if not, please let me know! [1] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:NewMirrors Best regards, Francesc

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[arch-mirrors] Czech Arch Linux mirror
by Jan Hrach 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I am happy to introduce new czech Arch Linux mirror, http://mirror.vpsfree.cz/. It has been tested yesterday and today by some czech Arch users and it seems to work fine. - -- Jan Hrach Mail: jenda {} hrach.eu Jabber: hrachj {} abclinuxu.cz GPG: https://www.abclinuxu.cz/lide/hrachj/gpg 1D9D AC4B E964 0D1E 7F5D 6E03 B72F 6430 9FA4 F536 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkx+hcAACgkQty9kMJ+k9TYRyACeI1ObLfJ83qlAVIznA1jAKbrz 5AYAnjivqf+5SusS5eE/YAe5WM/0LaMC =YxNg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[arch-mirrors] ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de downtime
by Alexander Sulfrian 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hi, I would like to inform you, that ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de will be down from tomorrow Wednesday (08/11/2010) 9 o'clock p.m. to Thursday (08/12/2010) 2 o'clock p.m. (CEST) because there is a maintenance at the main distribution. Thank you for your understanding, Alex

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[arch-mirrors] synchronize mirror
by Xavier Corredor Llano 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

hi I am doing mirror for Arclinux and I want that it is official mirror, I used script of http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Local_Mirror and start synchronize with distro.ibiblio.org, but this server are not update with last packages update of official page, I want synchronize with other mirror such as those listed on page http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:NewMirrors but not work, I dont know to put in SYNC_SERVER for example, with SYNC_SERVER=rsync://rsync.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/archlinux/ show: rsync: failed to connect to rsync.las.ic.unicamp.br: Connection refused (111) rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(122) [Receiver=3.0.7] help thanks -- Xavier Corredor Llano Bogotá - Colombia

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[arch-mirrors] lastsync file in ftp root
by Pierre Schmitz 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hello mirror admins, we have put a file called lastsync into our root dir to be able to check whether a mirror is up to date compared to our master server; even if its part of a mirror chain. Some mirrors have overwritten this file by their own. Therefore I ask you to check you script and if it creates such a file, either remove it or perpend a . which should not interfere with any of our files. (Due to this the mirror status pages at https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus and https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorProblems) might show wrong data. So, don't worry if it shows that your mirror hasn't synced for 40 years. (My script didn't expect anything else than a timestamp in that file) If you have a lastsync file which does not contain a timestamp (error log at status page show something like "invalid lastsync time: 2010-08-04 05:22:08-04:00" but your script does not create such a file you most likely inherited this from your upstream mirror. Greetings and thanks for mirroring us, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre

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[arch-mirrors] Syncing
by Piyush P Kurur 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi, Sorry for the late reply. I am currently away from IIT Kanpur and was not able to make the necessary changes. We maintain the arch linux mirror at mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in. We will now be syncing from one of the Trier 1 mirrors. I have send a mail to one of the admins rsync://rsync.gtlib.gatech.edu/archlinux/" I will start the cronjob once I get a go-ahead from them. By the way I noticed in the mirror listing at http://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus that our http mirrors response time is of the order of 6 seconds whereas our ftp server seems to be doing much better. (0.52). I noticed that some mirrors have comparable response time for both http and ftp and in some cases the situation is reverse. Am I reading too much into these figures or is there some special reason for this? Regards ppk

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[arch-mirrors] archlinux.linuxforum.kz rename to archlinux.kz
by Виктор Попов 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hi! Is it possible to change the URL archlinux.linuxforum.kz to archlinux.kz in mirrorlist? Service comes in two domains simultaneously. Physically, this is a single server. Best regards, Viktor

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[arch-mirrors] Indian mirror up
by Piyush P Kurur 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hi, mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in is syncing again. We are syncing from the trier 1 mirror at rsync://rsync.gtlib.gatech.edu/archlinux/ Thanks to Neil Bright for allowing us to sync. Regards ppk

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