This is from the build service. It is in response to a question on
opensuse.
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Boyd Gerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:38:59 +0200
From: Marcus Rueckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Benji Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [opensuse-buildservice] Redirector availability
On 2007-09-15 11:43:46 +0100, Benji Weber wrote:
> So the redirector has gone down /again/ this weekend.
wrong. the redirector is still working:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/
many people still have http://software.opensuse.org in their repository
list. that host is broken. yes. (it looks like hardware problems)
> And of course we get all the users coming asking why their package
> management isn't working while there are no suse people around to fix
> it.
>
> Having a high availability redirector is probably the single most
> important thing the project needs right now. It goes down far too
> often, and with our current strategy of adding repositories from the
> community repositories module, installation, and YMPs using the
> redirector this means that *every openSUSE user* is without package
> management on a regular basis.
>
> This inconveniences people and damages the reputation of the
> distribution amongst users. it also means that users cannot download
> the distribution at all as there is no static fallback for
> download.opensuse.org.
>
> The fact that it always goes down at weekends is a problem too, as
> most people have jobs this is when "hobbyist" people are likely to be
> wanting to try things out etc.
>
> Given how much adding repositories is automated in 10.3 we can no
> longer rely on users distributing themselves amongst mirrors.
> Therefore I think we either need to:
>
> - Have a co-hosted redirector, with monitoring to ensure uptime in
> place for 10.3 or very soon after.
we are working on a HA setup for download.o.o already. but so far the
host is holding up pretty good. peter is doing a good job to optimize
and improve the redirector.
> - Have the build service YMP & installation/community repositories
> suggestions use alternating mirrors instead of the redirector. Whilst
> this would be suboptimal as we would lose tracking of statistics etc
> it would be better than the situation currently where everyone loses
> package management regularly.
the ymps should be using download.opensuse.org already. if not that
would be a critical bug.
darix
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