Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:14:00 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: jason andrade <jason@rtfmconsult.com>, Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk>, "" <re@FreeBSD.ORG>, "" <hubs@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 5.0-RELEASE bits for i386, pc98, sparc64, and alpha are up Message-ID: <20030121231400.5EAA72A7EA@canning.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20030121231234.C7C1F2A7EA@canning.wemm.org>
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Peter Wemm wrote:
> jason andrade wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Peter Wemm wrote:
> >
> > > I'm in for removing them. It adds a sh!tload of pathnames and directorie
s
> > > for mirroring, and I'm pretty sure it accounts for a huge chunk of memory
> >
> > you've got my vote too. i don't have a problem with sites which are
> > mirroring putting them into the ftp tree (for want of any other better
> > place) but removing it from ftp-master would definitely be a good
> > thing (tm), in particular if it allows for more rsync connections.
> >
> > the source trees, web site, mailing list etc should be maintained by
> > tier1s using cvsup and by tier2s using cvsup or syncing from the tier1s
> > using ftp or rsync (if that is needed).
> >
> > basically ftp-master would look a lot cleaner if it had:
> >
> > /pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/
> > i386/
> > ia64/
> > sparc64/
> > pc98/
> >
> > /pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/
> > i386/
> > ia64/
> > sparc64/
> > distfiles/
> > local-distfiles/
> >
> > /pub/FreeBSD/CERT/
> > /pub/FreeBSD/tools/
> >
> >
> >
> > and then mirrors might add directories into this such as the source
> > trees, and so on.
>
> What about if we go a little further? Perhaps we can have
> /pub/FreeBSD (core stuff)
> /pub/FreeBSD-archive (old stuff, old releases etc) and
> /pub/FreeBSD-extras (things like extracted source trees etc).
>
> Then the default expectations would be for a mirror to have /pub/FreeBSD
> and the other stuff could be very limited and only as needed.
>
> These could be seperate rsync/cvsup collections and things like
> FreeBSD-extras could be mostly synthesized locally.
I pressed send one second too soon. I wanted to clarify that I
specifically intended suggesting that this stuff be outside of the normal
/pub/FreeBSD area to make sure that the mirrors that are on autopilot
stop carrying it and hammering the core stuff.
Cheers,
-Peter
--
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"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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