Michel Deriaz wrote: > Hello, > > I am working on a research project on dependency and consistency > management related to the distribution of large-scale open-source software. > > I have a couple of short questions, that you might be able to help me with. > > - How many mirror servers do you rely on for the distribution of your > Linux distributions, and how many belong to you? > We found for instance that Mandrake depends on around 100 mirror sites, > and none are under their control.
<http://www.debian.org/mirrors> lists the official ones. There are more than that for unofficial ones. > - How are the mirror servers organized (hierarchically (i.e., mirror x > always downloads from mirror y), P2P, ...)? http://www.debian.org/mirrors/official http://www.debian.org/mirrors/push_mirroring > - What is the complete size of the distribution? http://www.debian.org/mirrors/size > - How often are mirrors updated on average (e.g., once a day, variable)? once a day > - How much time can elapse between the moment you publish a new version > to the moment all mirror servers are up-to-date? There are trace files on the mirrors that will give you datails, iirc. > - How do you assure the compatibility between the different packages? Parse error. Regards, Joey PS: If you had done your homework, you had only asked the last (two) questions. -- MIME - broken solution for a broken design. -- Ralf Baechle
