Hello mirrors, I have made two small changes in the how-to-mirror document that you should take note of:
1. We are now requesting that mirrors do an update-check at least once a day. When using rsync this should not result in any substantial increase in bandwidth usage, but it should allow us to more effectively use our mirrors in distributing recent releases. 2. I have added a hint on how to deal with symlinks. Our distribution directories make extensive use of symbolic links. Therefore it is highly recommended that you use the "-l" option to rsync and have an Options line that includes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch (or FollowSymLinks). If, for some reason, you are not able to allow symlinks on your mirror, then please change your rsync options to use "-L" instead of "-l". This will create a copy of the linked file in place of the link. Recent tests show that the majority of mirrors are already doing both of these things, but it would be great if you could each make a quick check to ensure you are included. The full document is available at http://www.apache.org/info/how-to-mirror.html Thanks. Joshua.
