Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:08:31 -0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o_Carlos_Mendes_Lu=EDs?= <jonny@jonny.eng.br> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mirror Site Requirements - Final Draft? Message-ID: <3F24313F.7040109@jonny.eng.br> In-Reply-To: <20030727192724.GA10869@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <20030727192724.GA10869@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
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Ken Smith wrote:
> I think this reflects our latest thoughts. If I missed let me know. Note
> the distinction between Primary and Secondary doesn't really have any
> "functional" meaning - it is just to help provide users with an indication
> that a site *might* not have what they're looking for in the case of
> a site being Secondary. Beta testers should also be able to use the
> list of Primaries as a guide to where they're likely to find the pre-release
> builds sooner versus later (or not at all). We can work a bit on fine
> tuning what's available where later (see comment at the bottom).
>
> Mirror Site Categories
> ----------------------
>
> - Distribution Site: ftp-master* site, ftp-master itself plus a set
> of other machines that sync frequently from ftp-master and allow
> only Official Mirror Sites to connect to them.
>
> - Primary Mirror Site: Sync at least once a day from a Distribution
> Site, carry everything currently on ftp-master.
>
> - Secondary Mirror Site: Does not carry everything on ftp-master,
> and/or syncs from a Primary Mirror Site (thus getting stuff slower).
>
> Which category a Mirror Site fits in will be indicated on the Web page
> listing the FTP mirrors, and that page will include a description of what
> "Primary" versus "Secondary" means. End-users don't need to know anything
> about the Distribution Servers so they won't be mentioned in the Handbook
> but will be described in the hubs article.
>
>
> Requirements of all Mirror Sites
> --------------------------------
>
> 1) Different user for sync jobs than anonymous FTP (and, if HTTP
> access is available, httpd).
> 2) Mechanism used for sync preserves (and can change later) file
> permissions.
> 3) Site Admin on mirror-announce@ list (still being created, not ready
> yet). This will be a private (Official Mirrors only) list used only
> for announcements by mirror-admin@ and re@. hubs@ will remain an
> open discussion list.
> 4) Directory archive sits in is /pub/FreeBSD.
>
> Requirements for Primary Mirror Sites
> -------------------------------------
>
> 1) Carries everything currently on ftp-master (note that is changing, we
> hope to drop the branches/ stuff).
> 2) Syncs with a Distribution Site at least once a day, preferrably twice
> a day.
> 3) Optionally provides access to other Official Mirror Sites through a
> secure mechanism (only allowing Official Mirror Sites to download
> "staged" releases). This typically means running a special cvsupd
> or rsyncd with access restrictions. Must check with mirror-admin@
> before granting this sort of access to confirm the requesting site
> is an Official Mirror Site.
> 4) Site Admin on hubs@ in addition to mirror-announce@.
> 5) Will be given a "ftpX.CC.freebsd.org" hostname and will be a candidate
> for becoming a "ftpX.freebsd.org" hostname.
>
> Requirements for Secondary Mirror Sites
> ---------------------------------------
>
> 1) Simply carry all files needed for latest Production Release, which
> includes the packages for that release. Note this means the packages
> in the -release directory for this release, not necessarily the package
> set that gets built on a roughly weekly basis. Using FreeBSD 4.8
> for the i386 architecture as an example this means carrying:
>
> releases/i386/4.8-RELEASE/
> releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.8/
> ports/i386/packages-4.8-release/
>
> 2) Syncs at least once a day from a Distribution Site or a Primary Mirror
> Site.
> 3) Will be given a "ftpX.CC.freebsd.org" name.
Did you forgot the part about possibly not carrying all
architectures, or is it intentional? And isn't once a day too much for
something that generally do not changes after beeing released?
Also, did you mean to put and end to ftp.CC.freebsd.org? Or maybe
turning it into a Round Robin of the other ftpX.CC.freebsd.org sites?
Jonny
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