From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 14 22:24:27 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id WAA21153 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:24:27 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA21144 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:24:16 -0800 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA10618; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:23:57 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA14408; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:23:55 +0200 Message-Id: <199511150623.IAA14408@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sup! It's killing us! Please help! Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:23:55 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > That's really it! Especially desirable would be any sites in Europe, > Japan or Australia, where sup services are especially thin. > > Our current method of having everyone converge on freefall is clearly > sub-optimial and it's not giving our users the service they deserve. Do you have any stats as to who is getting what and from where? I would happily take over the South African distribution as long as I (we) knew what we were dealing with. (I speak for myself here, and maybe a little out of turn, but WTH) > Volunteers? Please? I'm more than happy to work with anyone in > setting up the sup collections and supscan administration. It's > not really that hard, and once it's done it basically runs itself. I already have this going for the crypto stuff. it would be a cinch to make it work for the rest. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key