-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Let's say that disk space is not a problem. But, are you sure that the new content is useful for all users ? I guess that having 75GB occupied just for some specific communities is not a good thing (IMHO)
Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I repost this to this list, as there was only one reply on > [EMAIL PROTECTED] My original post is archived at > http://distribution.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=mirrors&msgNo=54 > > Some days ago, I had the opportunity to talk with Stefan Taxhet about > the mirroring system of OpenOffice.org and possibilities to enhance the > distribution of extra components. > > I maintain one server of the Germanophone project/association that > distributes some extra components, including the German ISO. Some of you > may remember the discussion from March, where I cried for help and > server capacities as we simply ran out of bandwith due to the high > demand for our files. :-) > > In short: > There exist a lot of extra components for OpenOffice.org like ISOs, > localized versions of PortableOpenOffice.org, CWS snapshots and so on. > Unfortunately, many of these components don't fit into the existing > rsync namespace due to hard disk space issues - not all mirrors are > capable of mirroring gigabytes of extra stuff. > > At the moment, most of these projects are being mirrored privately > outside the openoffice rsync namespace (or even not being mirrored at > all), and we would like to change that situation. Private mirroring is > not effective, as it is more complicated to integrate new mirrors, and > structures are being created that are outside the scope of our mirroring > system. Having everything related to project and program together in the > mirroring would be fine. Work has to be done only once, and everyone > could profit. > > The proposal: > The current openoffice rsync module should not be touched, so existing > mirrors are not being affected at all and no changes are necessary. An > extra module called openoffice-extended should be introduced. Quoting > Stefans proposal[1], "this rsync module would include the content of > [openoffice] and be a superset containing all the data". Thus, mirrors > being capable of mirroring additional files could easily switch over to > the new module and help distributing additional components. All paths > would stay the same, but some extra directories would show up, > containing the extended stuff. > > Stefan has enough capacities for acting as a master server, and I would > volunteer for coordinating that new module. So, my question for today > is: Who of you would agree in mirroring an rsync module > openoffice-extended? Who has enough hard disk space for doing so, or can > gather enough space in the next weeks? > > According to the listing[2], we need about 75 GB for the extended > module, maybe a little bit more for projects currently not residing in > this directory. If that is too much, maybe some data could be removed > from the module, or we could even split up further, like extended/devel, > extended/iso etc. - but let's first see what is possible for you. > > I can only speak for myself, but having some additional mirrors would > help a lot for distributing files, and I would love to see that > mirroring going on in an "official" mirroring system. > > Looking forward to your help and feedback, > Florian > > [1] > http://distribution.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=mirrors&msgNo=25 > > [2] http://rsync.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/du.list > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE7V9mjGXbUSvc3AsRAkh/AJoDSGxoN5t+qdYDefz1uvTkO+Dm8wCfRxxj 4eCSwXoRgKTf5FPc7nBv4Eo= =g3iA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
