Hi,

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 03:38:24PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves via RT wrote:
> [[email protected] - Mon Mar 23 20:31:27 2009]:
> > > Site: mirror.ox.ac.uk
> > > Type: leaf
> > 
> > You may get pushed by ftp.uk.d.o (contact phil[ ]hands.com), that
> > would improve the sync latency.
> 
> We're not in a position to support push mirroring right now but may do
> so later. I'll email again if we can get this set up.

Ok, then make sure you start syncing after ftp.uk sync if finished (see
http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/project/trace for dates)
 
> > It seems you don't run the last version of our recommended script :
> > http://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror#how
> > 
> > Please consider updating to this one (for both standard and volatile
> > archives), since it brings a better availability during sync, and logs
> > handling.
> 
> Thanks - we're currently using our own two-staging rsync but I will
> review the rsync options as recommended by that page.
> 
> We would only deploy separate scripts if they were available in a Debian
> package. Is there any reason why they haven't been packaged?

A package would :
* be a huge overhead given the script size.
* be useful only for mirrors running Debian
* would add a limited added value compared to a git clone/pull that
  already allow easy script update
* require work for a something we consider as limited added value

Best regards.

-- 
Simon Paillard



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