Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-14 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 12:36:30PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > I only repeated in a different way what was already explained (fair use > for servers not meant to be sucked up). My point was not about the technical content of your message, but the phrasing, that had started to

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-14 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
On 2021-06-14 12:55 p.m., Marc Haber wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:23:45 -0700, John E Petersen > wrote: >> Thanks Paul, but I'm having a hard time finding the precise version I would >> like to archive on any ftp mirror. My scrape is actually working quite >> correctly now, though, since I

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-14 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:23:45 -0700, John E Petersen wrote: >Thanks Paul, but I'm having a hard time finding the precise version I would >like to archive on any ftp mirror. My scrape is actually working quite >correctly now, though, since I added a sleep in there -- the source and

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-14 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-14 8:13 a.m., Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 04:47:26PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> This is why your address is being blocked and will continue to do so. > > Writing something like this runs the risk of giving the impression that > you

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-14 Thread John E Petersen
Thanks Paul, but I'm having a hard time finding the precise version I would like to archive on any ftp mirror. My scrape is actually working quite correctly now, though, since I added a sleep in there -- the source and machine-installation instructions are tidily tucked away in different

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-14 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 04:47:26PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > This is why your address is being blocked and will continue to do so. Writing something like this runs the risk of giving the impression that you are somehow involved in, or authoritative for, the official Debian

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-13 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:58:46 -0700, John E Petersen wrote: >If I find it is possible to simply download >the entire collection, without having to host a mirror, I may very well go >that route. The question is, why are you trying to do so? Greetings Marc --

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-13 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:52:32 -0700, John E Petersen wrote: >Dear *Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside, *I would appreciate it if you would stay >out of conversations which you do not understand. Your rude response was >not well-received. Are you suggesting there are no government employees in >the open

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-12 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-12 8:19 p.m., Paul Wise wrote: > On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 8:15 PM John E Petersen wrote: > >> If I find it is possible to simply download the entire collection, without >> having to host a mirror, I may very well go that route. > > That is definitely possible, there are two sides

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-12 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 8:15 PM John E Petersen wrote: > If I find it is possible to simply download the entire collection, without > having to host a mirror, I may very well go that route. That is definitely possible, there are two sides to every Debian mirror: 1) downloading Debian 2) making

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-12 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Samstag, dem 12.06.2021 um 12:58 -0700 schrieb John E Petersen: > Maybe I misunderstand the concept of a mirror, but I do not wish to maintain > a server which allows the public to download Debian repositories. You don't have to allow anybody having access to your mirror. You seem to

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-12 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
There's a thing in the world called reasonable use. If you scrape a whole bunch of repository in a short time, this will put a heavy load on server not meant to be used this way. This is why your address is being blocked and will continue to do so. As already written by other people too, there's

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-12 Thread John E Petersen
Dear Étienne Mollier, Aha, a logical response. Thank you for shedding some light on this for me. That is probably the case. My access could perhaps be misinterpreted as an attack. Maybe I misunderstand the concept of a mirror, but I do not wish to maintain a server which allows the public to

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-12 Thread John E Petersen
Dear *Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside, *I would appreciate it if you would stay out of conversations which you do not understand. Your rude response was not well-received. Are you suggesting there are no government employees in the open source community? Such an assertion is naive at best. The green

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-12 Thread Étienne Mollier
Hi John, John E Petersen, on 2021-06-12: > Hey folks, I’m developing a unique kernel based on Debian Linux, and I’ve > been scraping the website for repositories. After a few thousand, the > servers start to block my ip. I'm not too sure what you are trying to achieve. It sounds to me like you

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-12 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-06-12 at 12:52, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-06-12 12:21 p.m., John E Petersen wrote: > >> Hey folks, I’m developing a unique kernel based on Debian Linux, >> and I’ve been scraping the website for repositories. After a few >> thousand, the servers start to

Re: Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-12 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-12 12:21 p.m., John E Petersen wrote: > Hey folks, I’m developing a unique kernel based on Debian Linux, and > I’ve been scraping the website for repositories. After a few thousand, > the servers start to block my ip.  > > I’m just trying to keep the crazy government out of Linux,

Unique kernel with my own backup of all Debian repositories

2021-06-12 Thread John E Petersen
Hey folks, I’m developing a unique kernel based on Debian Linux, and I’ve been scraping the website for repositories. After a few thousand, the servers start to block my ip. I’m just trying to keep the crazy government out of Linux, because they keep monkeying with repositories on Ubuntu, not to