FTP access to our mirror has been started. It's available at ftp://ftp.csn.ul.ie/mirrors/apache and http://apache.csn.ul.ie Apologies for downtime and slow updates over the last while but we were moving to a new server for mirrors.
Is the purpose of the mirrors to purely provide the dist/ directory or to provide more of the site as well? We used also rsync apache-site but I checked everything on moving over and this conflicts with the apache-dist mirror. Is there a way that we can provide more of the apache site? I particularily would like to provide all the httpd docs locally not only to take some of the load off apache.org but also as our University has a habit of blocking external net access for students. By having full mirrors of sites, we can offer constant availability of the information contained in the mirrors to the students. One reason for this is to try and stem the tide of IT students using IIS, ASP and Access and looking at me blankly when I ask them why they don't use PHP and MySQL under apache! :-)
Regards, Cian Davis
