Hi, I guess I am one of those "scrapers". Could you please tell me how can I get all pom files stored in the central repository? (I just need them for research.) Should I setup a mirror? If so how can I do so?
Thanks. On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 22:52, Jason van Zyl <ja...@maven.org> wrote: > The two that will always work are: > > http://uk.maven.org/maven2/ > > and > > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ > > Scrapers will definitely get blocked and stay blocked. But no normal user > stays blocked if they inadvertently hit the tripwires. Only takes a short > conversation, proving that the activity which caused getting banned was > accidental or unintentional. > > We, Sonatype, are looking at setting up a third mirror but it doesn't seem > to be necessary at this point in time. > > On Dec 15, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Jörg Hohwiller wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > some people recommend to use a mirror for maven. Others are required to > as > > their IP address has been blacklisted so they can not reach central > > (repo1.maven.org) anymore. > > > > From what I know mirrors are listed here: > > > > http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/Mirrors+Repositories > > > > My feedback on this: > > > > 1. http://ftp.cica.es/mirrors/maven2 > > last_updated.txt: Sat Jan 9 20:15:40 CST 2010 > > That is pretty outdated... > > > > 2. http://repo1.sonatype.net/maven2 > > Does not work. I get always get 404. > > > > 3. http://repo.exist.com/maven2/ > > last_updated.txt: Tue Nov 23 22:30:45 CST 2010 > > Not up-to-date... > > > > 4. http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/maven2 > > last_updated.txt: Tue Nov 30 22:54:22 CST 2010 > > Not really up-to-date... > > > > 5. http://www.ibiblio.net/pub/packages/maven2 > > Is always redirecting to > > http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/maven2 > > > > 6. http://mirrors.redv.com/maven2 > > I get 403 - maybe only visible in china... > > > > 7. http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/maven > > Does not work. I get always get 404. > > > > 8. http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/maven2 > > Does not work. I get always get 404. > > > > 9. http://mirror.netcologne.de/maven2 > > last_updated.txt: Tue Nov 30 22:54:22 CST 2010 > > Not really up-to-date... > > > > I do not know what you actually expect from a mirror, > > but in other universes (e.g. linux) a real mirror is usually > > never older than 2 days. > > > > Of course nobody owns the maven community anything and > > everybody can start his own mirror. > > However banning people from central in this case seems to > > be a hard punishment and there should be some process to get > > out of this again. > > > > I can perfectly access central but I have some friends that have been > > blacklisted. > > > > If someone can confirm the errors with the mirrors sending > > 404, we can at least remove them from the wiki page. > > > > Maybe also the sync of the outdated mirrors has been broken > > for some reason and someone can check this. > > > > Thanks > > Jörg > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder, Apache Maven > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > --------------------------------------------------------- > > You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. > No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. > They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically > dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of > dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or > goals are in doubt. > > -- Robert Pirzig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance > > > > -- Ersin Er
