On Tue, 12 Apr 2016, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Tue, 12 Apr 2016, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > So, it appears as if currently nobody has time or the energy to take > > care of httpredir.debian.org properly. > > > > I suggest we shut down the service for now. If, at some future point, > > somebody wants to maintain again we can always start it up again. > > Will you make httpredir point to a normal mirror so as not to break > systems relying on it? (Or even to the geolocalized DNS entries if we > still have that) > > If yes, then it's certainly a sensible thing to do.
I agree that breaking existing uses (of at least /debian) should be avoided, and that, therefore, pointing it to some working system would be the way to go. > I'd like also to note that once we have proper by-hash package indices in > Debian too, it's entirely reasonable to rely on MirrorBrain as HTTP > redirector. I use it for Kali for more than 3 years already. > > http://mirrorbrain.org Looks exciting at first glance. Need to look at it in more detail. Cheers, -- | .''`. ** Debian ** Peter Palfrader | : :' : The universal https://www.palfrader.org/ | `. `' Operating System | `- https://www.debian.org/
