Sam James <[email protected]> writes: > From: Michał Górny <[email protected]> >
I've made some small tweaks today to help confused users by the final removal. > Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Sam James <[email protected]> > --- > ...10-07-cache-enabled-mirrors-removal.en.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 > 2025-10-07-cache-enabled-mirrors-removal/2025-10-07-cache-enabled-mirrors-removal.en.txt > > diff --git > a/2025-10-07-cache-enabled-mirrors-removal/2025-10-07-cache-enabled-mirrors-removal.en.txt > b/2025-10-07-cache-enabled-mirrors-removal/2025-10-07-cache-enabled-mirrors-removal.en.txt > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..3812631 > --- /dev/null > +++ > b/2025-10-07-cache-enabled-mirrors-removal/2025-10-07-cache-enabled-mirrors-removal.en.txt > @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ > +Title: Cache-enabled sync mirrors only for official repos > +Author: Michał Górny <[email protected]> > +Posted: 2025-10-07 > +Revision: 1 > +News-Item-Format: 2.0 > +Display-If-Installed: app-eselect/eselect-repository > + > +Due to increasing maintenance costs and complexities, Gentoo is going to > +stop providing the cache-enabled git syncing mirrors found in the > +gentoo-mirror GitHub organization [1], and CI services for third-party > +repositories. We will continue providing mirrors for a curated set of > +official repositories, including ::gentoo, ::guru, ::kde, and ::science. > +The remaining mirrors will be removed on 2025-10-30. > + > +Users who have previously added repositories using > +<app-eselect/eselect-repository-15 may need to readd these repositories > +with >=app-eselect/eselect-repository-15, in order to update their sync > +URIs. For example, the following can be used: > + > + eselect repository remove ${repository} > + eselect repository enable ${repository} > + > +Once the mirrors are discontinued, we are going to remove them entirely > +in order to trigger sync errors for the remaining users, and ensure > +that they are not stuck on non-updated mirrors. > + > +This change does not affect users who have not used eselect-repository > +or the gentoo-mirror repositories. It does not affect the availability > +of these repositories via >=app-eselect/eselect-repository-15 > +and repositories.xml -- the official upstream sync URI will be used > +instead. > + > +[1] https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/ > > base-commit: 0c030b4ca9aafb7d44026c5e1f99108d979be9a6
