[arch-dev-public] Arch mirrors

[Dan McGee]

On 9/26/07, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2007/9/18, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com>:
> > 2007/9/18, eliott <eliott at cactuswax.net>:
> > > On 9/18/07, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 2007/9/17, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com>:
> > > > > On 9/17/07, Simo Leone <simo at archlinux.org> wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 10:58:37AM -0700, eliott wrote:
> > > > > > > There is a FS ticket for part of this thread:
> > > > > > > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/7006
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I support changing the link on the downloads page to reference the wiki.
> > > > > > > This would, however, allow end users to modify the mirror page thus
> > > > > > > changing the mirror list in a way that may be seen as more 'official'.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We could perhaps lock the mirrors page, but that semi-defeats the
> > > > > > > purpose of the change control suggestion.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any thoughts or feedback of a high caliber?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd rather have the static mirror page for the reasons you mentioned. It
> > > > > > seems kind of... open... to have a wikified mirror page.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If someone wants to add a mirror, it's not that hard to mail one of us
> > > > > > and ask to have it added/removed/whatever, which amounts to the same
> > > > > > thing as a locked wiki page, except the non-wiki page is prettier 8)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -S
> > > > >
> > > > > Can we get http/ftp/rsync availability at least on the offical page? A
> > > > > nice table would do the trick:
> > > > >
> > > > > /***************|***********|**************|*************\
> > > > > mirror      | http   | ftp | rsync \
> > > > > foo.bar.com | <a href="http://...">HTTP</a> | <a href="ftp://.."> ........
> > > > >
> > > > > You get the point. It shouldn't be very hard to write a little script
> > > > > that tests the current list of mirrors we have for availability of
> > > > > these three services.
> > > >
> > > > Well, this info is already provided on our wiki, so if someone will
> > > > modify /download/ page manually then this can be entered as well.
> > > > We cannot use pacman mirrorlist directly, because not all mirrors have
> > > > isos on them (or if there will be a script for checking ftp/http/rsync
> > > > - it should check for latest isos too).
> > >
> > > I will certainly update the /download/ page, but we first need to
> > > decide which mirrors to include on the download page (are they all
> > > valid and dev authorized?).
> >
> > They are 99% the same as in pacman.d/* (just a little more up-to-date).
> > But not all of them have iso/ directory (or some have very outdated
> > isos) - this is noted on wiki page right after mirror's URL.
> >
> > >
> > > Then I need somebody to put the mirrors into a reasonable format for
> > > me. I don't have the time to get all the data in a usable format AND
> > > update the page. If somebody can do the legwork for me, I will
> > > certainly do the backend change.
> > >
> > > A nice format would be..
> > >
> > > ftp_url  |  http_url  |  Country
> > >
> >
> > I'll try to find time for this. Probably even tomorrow.
> >
>
> OK, done now. That was not easy task for such lazy guy as me. :-P
> I'm attaching mirrors.txt file for you, Eliott.
> The format is: FtpUrl | HttpUrl | RsyncUrl | Country
> Note that FTP and HTTP URLs are not same in all cases (Brazillian mirror).
>
> I also checked the entire pacman's mirrorlist and here's what I've found:
>
> 1) http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/ is also available via FTP as
> ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/ (note the archlinux
> subdirectory)
>
> http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/ is also available via FTP.
>
> ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/ is
> not available but
> http://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/
> works.
>
> 2) some mirrors don't work:
>   ftp://ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr/pub/Linux/distrib/archlinux/ - cannot connect
>   ftp://saule.mintis.lt/pub/linux/ - pub/ is empty
>   ftp://mirror.djzradio.net/archlinux/ - domain does not exist anymore
>   ftp://gul.est.ips.pt/repos/archlinux/ - cannot connect
>   ftp://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/pub/archlinux/ - cannot connect
>
> I think we should also forbid rsyncing from their (ex-)IPs.
>
> 3) there are some mirrors of ibiblio.org - I think we could get all
> those that have distributions/archlinux directory to the pacman's
> mirrorlist but place a notice that they are syncing from ibiblio.org,
> not from archlinux.org (so there may be longer sync intervals than
> from other mirrors).
>
> 4) questionable mirrors:
>   http://archlinux.freeside.ru/ - has current (sic), extra and
> community only, outdated
>   ftp://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/ - up to date but i686
> only, no new isos.
>
> 5) There are 2 new good mirrors:
>   ftp://archlinux.org.ru/pub/archlinux/ (Russia)
>   http://server.elsistech.com/archlinux/ (Turkey)
> I've added them to mirrors.txt but not to mirrorlist.in yet.
> I've talked with Russian admin and he will contact you after testing
> period ends, Eliott.
> The Turkish mirror was added to the wiki just yesterday.
>
> It seems that http://mir.archlinux.fr/ is a round-robin HTTP-only
> redirect to other two French mirrors, so I didn't add it to any list.
>
> I've attached a modified mirrorlist.in file with all fixes mentioned
> above for you, Dan (sorry, I cannot provide patch now).
> Be sure to check those "cannot connect" mirrors and add them back if they work.

Thanks for the work! I appreciate it and made your changes to the
pacman mirrorlist. And don't worry, a patch is not necessary for this.

I did notice the gatech ftp and http both worked for me.

-Dan