[arch-general] Syncing the mirrors

[Dan McGee]

> 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