So I looked up that github public mirror situation. This thread was helpful: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11370239/creating-an-official-github-mirror
TLDR: GitHub no longer accepts requests for mirroring arbitrary repositories. One can create a post-receive hook within their own repo (eg. within repo.or.cz) to automatically push to a github repo, but they don't do the automatically maintained thing anymore. -- Josh I. On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM Joshua Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > At the risk of sounding snarky, you may want to look into a VPN service, > or something akin to that (ex. an ssh jump host). > > FWIW, ProtonVPN has a free tier: https://protonvpn.com/pricing > There are loads of options. I just happen to have looked that one up > recently. > > Needless to say, that will also help when you inevitably run into similar > issues elsewhere. > > HTH, > -- > Josh I. > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM Mark Hills via Alpine-info < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm no longer able to follow Alpine development versions because of: >> >> https://repo.or.cz/uk-blocked.html >> >> So I'm interested in a mirror, which this appears to be >> >> https://github.com/alpinemail/alpine >> >> Hoever the mirror hasn't updated since 2024-05-27. >> >> Please can I express my thanks, and interest in having this available? >> >> That repo is labelled in GitHub as "Public" and not "Public mirror" -- >> which is what I've seen on other projects where GitHub is aware and >> automates the mirroring. >> >> So I assume this is just a regular repo that is pushed to by someone. >> >> Is that person able to help, or can someone offer an alternative mirror? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Mark >> _______________________________________________ >> Alpine-info mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman23.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info >> >
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