On Tue, 29 May 2012 09:26:53 -0400, Christopher Tsai <ct...@geek.net> wrote:
> Hello, Hello Chistopher, > I run support for SourceForge, and one of my colleagues (Roberto) > passed on this message to me. Perhaps I can shed some light on this. > > It looks like the previous attempt to host a Debian repo on our > site[1] was using the "Project Web" hosting space on our site, > however, that space is designed to be used only for web site content, > not downloads. That rationale, coupled with past abuse on that space > led to us implementing the bandwidth limits. > [1]http://apacheoo-deb.sourceforge.net/ Yes, I had configured the web space as a Debian repository. When I saw the warning about temporary lock because of bandwidth limitation I stopped my tests and deleted all the files. My sincere apologies for the inconvenience. > The File Release System[2] on the other hand, does not have said > bandwidth limits, and while I haven't done this myself, I've heard > from several users that they've had no problems setting up a Debian > repos in this space. They said that all they did was set up the repo > locally, then used rsync[3] to upload it to the File Release System. > Doing it this way also gives the added benefit of utilizing both our > worldwide mirror system, as well as our file statistics systems. > [2]http://sourceforge.net/projects/apacheoo-deb/files/ > [3]https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Rsync%20over%20SSH > > Let me know if this helps! I've tried to set up the repository by the File Release System today but it isn't good for use as a Debian repository, because doesn't permit direct downloads but just via mirrors system. Is there another alternative to do this on sourceforge.net? We need a hosting with good bandwidth that provide direct access to download of archives from repository. Thus we can just add a new entry in /etc/apt/sources.list and run "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install openoffice.org3-writer..." on any i386 or amd64 Debian machine or derivative. I hope this help to understand our needs. Regards, -- Marcelo G. Santana(aka msantana) | GNU/Linux User number: #208778 JID:marcelo.sant...@jabber-br.org | GNU Privacy Guard ID: 89C55467 http://blog.msantana.eng.br | http://identi.ca/mgsantana http://www.debianbrasil.org | http://br.gnome.org
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