> -----Original Message----- > From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2011 6:45 PM > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: How to handle the downloads? > > Am 08/03/2011 02:17 AM, schrieb Gavin McDonald: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > >> Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2011 9:40 AM > >> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > >> Subject: Re: How to handle the downloads? > >> > >> Am 08/02/2011 11:03 PM, schrieb Gavin McDonald: > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2011 12:55 AM > >>>> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > >>>> Subject: Re: How to handle the downloads? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for you note. Then we should implement adownload method > >>>> withthe fllowing order: > >>>> > >>>> 1. User clicks on the One-Click-Download URL and get the software > >>>> (like today on "download.openoffice.org"). > >>>> > >>>> 2. If not, he can use alternative download links (like today on > >>>> "download.openoffice.org/pther.html"). > >>>> > >>>> 3. If a special mirror has to be used, the list of all available > >>>> mirrors > >>> will help > >>>> (like today on "http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#mirrors";). > >>>> > >>>> Latest with step 3 all users should be able to download something. > >>> > >>> Yep, all possible here at the ASF right now. > >>> > >>> See www.apache.org/mirrors for our equiv of step 3. > >> > >> I've already understood that you don't want the OOo mirrors but that > >> we should use the Apache ones. ;-) > > > > Hi Marcus, > > > > don't count me as 100% on that yet, I want to know more about the OOo > > mirrors too. > > OK, if you have already questions just ask and I will try to give answers.
not yet, working on it, > > > I just didn't want to be maintaining 150+ projects on one mirror > > system and > > 1 project > > on another mirror system. maintaining one mirror system is easier, so > > If that is possible and our mirroring system can cope, and we can > > maybe coax a few more mirrors our way all the better. Some of our > > existing mirrors may decide that bandwidth is too much and leave, so > > we need replacements. > > I don't know about bandwidth but to get an impression about size and > amount please have a look here. This mirror has rsync'ed everything that was > released by Sun and Oracle: > > http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/openoffice/ thanks, > > > If it makes sense to try and merge these somehow, I want to pursue > > that avenue. > > A first step should be to look for doubles. yep, > > > We may need both for some time, we can not put non ASF releases on our > > mirroring system anyway so what we are trying to resolve is from our > > first ASF release onwards. > > Hm, when looking at this mirror it is already hosting non-Apache software: > > ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/ > > Software from Apache and, e.g., OpenOffice.org is just a subset within many > other projects. Sorry, that isn't what I meant. The mirrors get their content from us right, we can not provide them with non-asf released software to put on their mirror copy of our dist tree [1] . They are of course welcome to provide non-asf mirrors as most of them already do. [1] - http://apache.org/dist/ Gav... > > Marcus > > > > >>>> Am 08/02/2011 04:38 PM, schrieb Donald Whytock: > >>>>> A consideration...I for one have a need to be able to select my > >>>>> mirror. My office's firewall blocks certain domains and websites, > >>>>> especially those recognized as "hosting" or "file-sharing" sites. > >>>>> It does not, however, block .edu sites, so when I download an > >>>>> Apache product I select a university mirror. > >>>>> > >>>>> Other users may have similar constraints. If OOo's download > >>>>> process is going to tie into Apache mirroring, please don't > >>>>> completely eliminate the capacity to select the mirror. > >>>>> > >>>>> Don
