[arch-dev-public] Fwd: Arch mirrors (discuss)

[Roman Kyrylych]

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From: Vinay Shastry <vinayshastry at gmail.com>
Date: 1 Жов 2007 09:03
Subject: Fwd: [arch-dev-public] Arch mirrors (discuss)
To: roman.kyrylych at gmail.com


ehm... i forgot that the ml is not open for the general public to jump in :P

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From: Vinay Shastry <vinayshastry at gmail.com>
Date: Oct 1, 2007 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [arch-dev-public] Arch mirrors (discuss)
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> Well, I think official mirror list can be kept on our download page
> (almost all official mirrors have iso dirs anyway, those who don't -
> deserve removal :-P).
> It can be a table with the following row format:
>
> mirror | FTP | HTTP | rsync | country
> ------------------------------------------------
> mirror.domain.org | + | + | + | Country1
> mir1.domain2.com | + | - | - | Country2
>
> where mirror name should be a URL to the FTP (or HTTP if FTP does not exist)
> and those "+" (or some nice checkmark images) should be URLs of
> respective protocol.
>
> And put a link to 'Unofficial mirrors' section on wiki page.
>
> This way official mirrorlist will be clean and could be changed only by devs.

Won't it be nice if the mirror list is organised according to
Continent/Country.. perhaps something like
http://en.opensuse.org/Mirrors_Released_Version ?


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Vinay S Shastry
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Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)