What if we divide this into two categories? Big distros and distros that need support (if resources permit).
Mirror big distros: fedora, ubuntu, debian, gentoo Mirror developing distros: arch, puppy, xandros and so on[1]. If we can mirror no more than 2-3 distros, I would like to see developing distros' mirrors instead of the all-stars. Big ones don't need much help at this point. Mehmet. [1] I keep pushing Xandros because I bought an eee pc :))) On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:21:47 -0500 brian raszap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i think that gentoo and fedora along with debian would be a great > combination. > > > > > On Feb 12, 2008 10:10 PM, Neil Sikka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We should have gentoo ebuilds and Fedora RPMS. > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 6:42 PM, brian raszap > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > ubuntu - proprietary Launchpad...that would be interesting > > > > > > > > maybe we should have a database of different pronunciations of > > > > ubuntu. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 12, 2008 5:26 PM, Derek Juba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I think now they call it Ubuntu. > > > > > > > > > > -Derek > > > > > > > > > > Bernie Hackett wrote: > > > > > > <flame retardant undergarments = 100%> > > > > > > > > > > > > Debian still exists?!? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 12, 2008 4:58 PM, brian raszap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> i think if we mirror a distro it should be Debian. if we > > > > > >> mirror > > > > > more than > > > > > >> one then Debian should be one of those. > > > > > >> the best idea seems to be torrents for the actual distro > > > > > >> and > > > > > mirrors only > > > > > >> for the packages... > > > > > >> ~Brian > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Feb 11, 2008 5:07 PM, Neil Sikka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> Hey. it sounds like a cool idea for us to mirror distros. > > > > > >>> it > > > > > also sounds > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> cool to have Maryland mirroring packages like ebuilds for > > > > > >> gentoo > > > > > or rpms for > > > > > >> Fedora etc. I would definitely use it. Why does the > > > > > >> business > > > > > school mirror > > > > > >> linux???? > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Nick Cummings > > > > > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>>> I would definitely use mirrors of CD images for Ubuntu > > > > > >>>> if there > > > > > were > > > > > >>>> some hosted by the UMLUG, as things can get quite bogged > > > > > >>>> down > > > > > around > > > > > >>>> release. In recent times I've just used the torrents to > > > > > download > > > > > >>>> images, but sometimes if can be hard to even get those, > > > > > >>>> so if > > > > > nothing > > > > > >>>> else it would actually be helpful if we could just > > > > > >>>> mirror the > > > > > torrent > > > > > >>>> files (which are, obviously, small). > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> The other thing that can get bogged down is updates from > > > > > >>>> the > > > > > repository > > > > > >>>> when a significant number of package updates are > > > > > >>>> available at > > > > > once. > > > > > >>>> While I realize that hosting a repository would take a > > > > > >>>> lot of > > > > > space, > > > > > >>>> might it be possible and useful to host only the updates > > > > > >>>> or > > > > > security > > > > > >>>> repository mirror with only more modest requirements? > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> Just a few ideas, > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> Nick > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> Ken Tossell wrote: > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>>> Hi UMLUG, > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> I'm sure some of you know the LUG used to maintain a > > > > > >>>>> mirror > > > > > for > > > > > >>>>> various distributions on AFS. Unfortunately, it was last > > > > > updated in > > > > > >>>>> May 2004, with Fedora Core 2. > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> I'd like to get it going again. I've started pulling > > > > > >>>>> down a > > > > > few > > > > > >>>>> distributions' CD/DVD archives, but I'd like to know > > > > > >>>>> how much interest you all have in a local mirror, so: > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> - Do you think we should operate a distribution mirror? > > > > > >>>>> Would > > > > > you use > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >> it? > > > > > >> > > > > > >>>>> - Should we mirror just CD/DVD images or also host > > > > > >>>>> package > > > > > archives? > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >> (This > > > > > >> > > > > > >>>>> means a lot of space, but we have it.) > > > > > >>>>> - What distributions, if any, should the mirror have? > > > > > >>>>> (The > > > > > business > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >> school > > > > > >> > > > > > >>>>> already mirrors CentOS.) > > > > > >>>>> - Should this mirror be accessible from off the campus > > > > > >>>>> (with > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >> restrictions, > > > > > >> > > > > > >>>>> such as only allowing UMD users, and depending on the > > > > > university's > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >> OK)? > > > > > >> > > > > > >>>>> - Other projects? > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> - Ken > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> -- > > > > > >>> Neil Sikka > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Neil Sikka > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Neil Sikka
