Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:22:00 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADS-UP] Announcing the end of port CVS Message-ID: <CADLo838Py9MvUjY_ok8t1oEhZuPJmMSnnMQ=6O9_Y%2B0o2ks41Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1971F69B6EF94872B2363FA29203DC58@multiplay.co.uk> References: <CAN6yY1vFadjHcrmRirYe-R0TgO6dbA1MWqU6MrDF5b8bNP1FzQ@mail.gmail.com> <1347145713.16545.YahooMailClassic@web111312.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <CAN6yY1tTdhpDx9QARmaiQ58buB0mJADDqWdF7QCenL6OHQEAFQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ2Kz1AFQny43ZDnUk=WywHKM7o5TBsD7qaAowB3jWWNSzu3pA@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1uNPr36bCaR1y6u15UJFzhxhzWsmBfdgBEcP2b1FqLoCg@mail.gmail.com> <20120910065712.5eafea9a@X220.ovitrap.com> <1971F69B6EF94872B2363FA29203DC58@multiplay.co.uk>
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On 10 Sep 2012 02:16, "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erich Dollansky" < erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> > > >>> > What if neither is close to me (there are other countries in the >>> > world, not only USA, some are even on the other side of the planet, >>> > btw, did you know?) ? >>> >>> Yes, I am quite aware of it, but I am merely the messenger. Until >>> other subversion mirrors are made available in other parts of the >>> world, only the two in the US are available. I'm sure that will change >>> in time, but for the moment, only the two US mirrors have been >>> announced. >>> >> why stop a system then when the replacement is not up and running? Do >> you want to kill the infrastructure to distribute FreeBSD? > > > Looking at it from the practical side if the replacement architecture > isn't ready yet then it sounds like this needs to be delayed until > such a time that it is. > > Only having two mirrors and both in the US is not really practical, > many of us, in other parts of the globe, will suffer from stupidly > long update times; BDP would really have a bad effect on updates, > and that's assuming the two servers don't just die under the load of > everyone using them. > > So again please consider delaying the switch over until a decent mirror > set is available, in order to prevent serious amounts of frustration > from your user base. I think people are getting needlessly worried. There is another six months before this happens; more mirrors should be set up by then. Chris
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