On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 08:14:08PM -0500, Jason van Zyl wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 19:51, Greg Stein wrote: > > In article <b30m7c$ofl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Leo Simons" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... > > > on request, so that ibiblio can remain the primary point of > > > distribution. > > > > Please note that the Board wants to see ASF-operated hardware as the > > only, definitive point of distribution. Other sites are free to > > *re*distribute, but the primary point should be from an ASF box. > > I think this needs to be discussed and shouldn't be unilaterally > dictated by the board. I think Ibiblio is a valid location ASF > artifacts.
Absolutely, it is a valid location. But it is NOT a valid location for the "primary point of distribution." All ASF software should be distributed from ASF hardware (meaning: hardware under the ASF's control; most of it is actually owned by others). If ibiblio wants to mirror our distro point, then fine. Lots of people do that; it's why we have rsync installed. Part of our job is to ensure the authenticity of the software that we deliver to our users. This is predicated on using our hardware to provide the right kinds of security and guarantees. > Part of their mandate is to help proliferate OSS software. > They are secure and using them would alleviate an enormous amount of > bandwidth from Apache. If all our artifacts were put there imagine the > savings on hardware and bandwidth costs. Are we up in the TB area? How > much of this is distributions? Could we not strike an agreement with > Ibiblio? They've got the horsepower and they are willing to share it. I don't see why we need to do anything. Distribute from daedalus. Ibiblio can rsync it over. What more is needed? Let me turn this around: why the heck are we pushing so hard for ibiblio? Why is daedalus insufficient? >... Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
