On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 11:52:41PM +0800, Andrew Howell wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 12:13:24AM -0400, James A. Treacy wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 10:42:12PM +0200, Georg Hitsch wrote: > > > > > > I think the easiest thing would be, to put the list-archives on an own > > > virtual server, which mirrors dont have to mirror. > > > > > > (And Bugs same...) > > > > > I believe it says on the mirror pages (http://www.debian.org/mirror/, > > that you don't have to mirror those sections and, if you don't, to > > make sure that those directories are redirected to another site. > > The most useful thing of being a mirror is having the bug tracking system > and mailing list archives nearby and therefore fast. > > At least in my opinion :) > > We seem to get a small amount of traffic (70 meg a month) at > www.au.debian.org > but I'm quite happy mirroring everything. > You are not alone in this sentiment.
>From what I can tell, the current policy should hold: recommend that mirrors also mirror the List Archives and Bug pages, but it is not required. Jay Treacy
