The 10mbits thing sounds like a good idea. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Slive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 2:39 PM Subject: Re: apache.roweboat.net
> > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, HOSTMASTER wrote: > > > Im not thinking that apache cares about how fast your connection is. It is > > the idea of helping anyway u can by providing a mirror. You the user have a > > choice of canceling the download if you feel it is to slow. In regardes to > > the popup. it is one pop up that comes up one time. It has not alterned the > > mirror at all.Everything u find at http://www.apache.org/dist is the SAME > > as http://apache.roweboat.net . What it sounds like to me is u are trying to > > pick a fight and im not going to give in to you so back off . > > > > You dont like the mirrror then dont go to it. > > We appreciate everyone's contribution. > > But the issue is that we are trying to provide the most reliable possible > downloads to our users. If we select your mirror as the "preferred" > mirror for a particular download session, and then your mirror does not > perform well, it creates a problem. At the moment, we treat all mirrors > (within a particular country) equally, so we assume that they all have > substantial bandwidth available. That is why we ask only for > "well connected" mirrors on > http://www.apache.org/info/how-to-mirror.html > > Perhaps we need to be more specific and ask for a minimum 10Mbit pipe for > US mirrors. (Other countries could probably get by with substantially > less.) Any opinions on that? > > As far as the pop-up issue goes, I don't think you are violating any > particular policy. But since it has a substantial negative effect on the > user experience, I don't think it is something we are going to permit. > (It could also be interpreted as a deceptive attempt to piggy-back on the > reputation of apache, but I'm sure you didn't intend it that way.) Thanks > for removing it. > > Joshua. > >
