From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 15 16:23:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE9D37B401 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:23:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from luna.rtfmconsult.com (luna.rtfmconsult.com [202.83.72.190]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4B4343F3F for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:23:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jason@rtfmconsult.com) Received: by luna.rtfmconsult.com (Postfix, from userid 42) id CAA9548E6F; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:23:49 +1000 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by luna.rtfmconsult.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C230952D96; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:23:49 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:23:49 +1000 (EST) From: jason andrade To: Ken Smith In-Reply-To: <20030715215327.GB23859@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Message-ID: References: <20030712173332.GB14686@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <3F14147F.2010706@jonny.eng.br> <20030715203333.GA25714@roma.coe.ufrj.br> <20030715215327.GB23859@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mirror Site Requirements... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:23:53 -0000 On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Ken Smith wrote: > I'm also very uncomfortable with "retroactively" establishing new rules. > I don't mind applying the new rules "strictly" to new Mirror Site offers > and "less-strictly" to existing Mirror Sites if that seems fair. You have > all been contributing to the FreeBSD Project and I don't want it to ever > seem like anyone is being ungrateful for that. i can see that it might be uncomfortable and much as i hate the thought of not being compliant and having to bring our mirror up to compliance to meet retrospective requirements - i think it is a worthwhile thing for the freebsd group/mirror project as a whole. it is *much* better for mirrors to maintain a base level of consistency as our research into mirror use here has shown that users are more likely to use mirrors when they have stability in the process. any loss of stability almost certainly leads to the majority defaulting back to their perceived master site: ftp.freebsd.org and it takes a while for them to switch back again (e.g build trust in the process again). so to address the point - if rules come about they are being developed in consultation with the community and should be consistently applied to all mirrors. regards, -jason