Re: [gentoo-user] ibiblio dumps Gentoo distfiles to "save space"
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 20:23, Jerry McBride wrote: > > Imagine my surprise when the nightly rsync of Gentoo distfiles with ibibilo > resulted in my distfile repository getting totally deleted. After a few > emails wit the admins at ibibilo I finally got the answer that I was looking > for... the truth... > >>> Jerry, >>> >>> We are no longer rsyncing the distfiles due to space constraints on our >>> distributions volume. Gentoo's own instructions for setting up a mirror >>> recommend excluding the distfiles directory: >>> >>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml >>> >>> If you need these files, you could try the other mirrors listed on this >>> page: >>> >>> http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Matt >>> > > I promptly emailed back an offer of two new 1,000 gig drives if they would put > the gentoo distfiles back up and... no answer > > Guess they really don't care. > Isn't default portage behavior NOT to sync distfiles? Some distfiles are hosted on mirrors not related to gentoo, others have no mirrors at all, leaving a single server to download from, so, I can't think of a reason to sync this specific folder, other than being a mirror yourself (is that the case?). -- Daniel da Veiga
Re: [gentoo-user] ibiblio dumps Gentoo distfiles to "save space"
On 12 Feb 2009, at 22:23, Jerry McBride wrote: ... I promptly emailed back an offer of two new 1,000 gig drives if they would put the gentoo distfiles back up and... no answer Guess they really don't care. Is distfiles not all stuff that one would normally get from (for example) SourceForge & its mirrors, anyway? The docs do seem to clearly indicate that distfiles should be omitted. Considering the cost of 1TB SCSI drives your offer was remarkably generous - I will be glad to take these disk off your hands if no-one else will. ;) Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] ibiblio dumps Gentoo distfiles to "save space"
On Feb 12, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Jerry McBride wrote: Imagine my surprise when the nightly rsync of Gentoo distfiles with ibibilo resulted in my distfile repository getting totally deleted. After a few emails wit the admins at ibibilo I finally got the answer that I was looking for... the truth... Jerry, We are no longer rsyncing the distfiles due to space constraints on our distributions volume. Gentoo's own instructions for setting up a mirror recommend excluding the distfiles directory: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml If you need these files, you could try the other mirrors listed on this page: http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml Best, Matt I promptly emailed back an offer of two new 1,000 gig drives if they would put the gentoo distfiles back up and... no answer Guess they really don't care. -- *** *** *** From the desk of: Jerome D. McBride 17:17:08 up 57 days, 23:24, 5 users, load average: 0.14, 0.09, 0.02 *** *** *** There are quite a few mirrors available to sync from; so one's dropped support, it's a drop in the bucket. I'll admit, "space concerns" seem to be a bit odd of a complaint, maybe it was more along the lines of hosting fees? After all, a distribution server isn't exactly a low- bandwidth operation.
[gentoo-user] ibiblio dumps Gentoo distfiles to "save space"
Imagine my surprise when the nightly rsync of Gentoo distfiles with ibibilo resulted in my distfile repository getting totally deleted. After a few emails wit the admins at ibibilo I finally got the answer that I was looking for... the truth... >> Jerry, >> >> We are no longer rsyncing the distfiles due to space constraints on our >> distributions volume. Gentoo's own instructions for setting up a mirror >> recommend excluding the distfiles directory: >> >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml >> >> If you need these files, you could try the other mirrors listed on this >> page: >> >> http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml >> >> Best, >> >> Matt >> I promptly emailed back an offer of two new 1,000 gig drives if they would put the gentoo distfiles back up and... no answer Guess they really don't care. -- * From the desk of: Jerome D. McBride 17:17:08 up 57 days, 23:24, 5 users, load average: 0.14, 0.09, 0.02 *
