On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:06 PM, DM Smith <dmsm...@crosswire.org> wrote: > If someone posts to sword-support a problem with the text in a module (we > get these all the time), having mirrors complicates support.
If Fedora can have many dozen mirrors, and Debian can have many dozen mirrors and so can every Linux distribution out there, is it so hard for us to have mirrors when it comes down to it? Each of these has requirements for what a mirror MUST, SHOULD and MAY provide and they have a vetting process when someone wants to become an official mirror they ensure that the offer follows those requirements. For the most part those requirements boil down to: provide the mandatory parts of the distribution with the same layout they have on the master, and update at minimum every X hours or days. That's hardly a burdensome task to setup, consisting mostly of a handful of options to something like rsync. If we wanted to have official mirrors we could be sure anyone offering followed those requirements and then add them to a master list of mirrors. It's not that complicated to require and it's not that complicated to configure. Many people offering to setup mirrors would already be familiar with the methods and requirements. Yes, licensing would still be an entirely different issue, but the technical implications of offering a mirror system for a pure list of files is not difficult. And certainly it's not more difficult than offering ISO images for users to download and encouraging them to be able to share them with friends! --Greg _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
