>________________________________ > From: LUMS Mirror Team <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:18 AM >Subject: Re: [mirror-lums] OpenOffice.org to Apache OpenOffice mirror system >migration > >Hello, > >We at the Cybernet-LUMS mirror (mirror-cybernet.lums.edu.pk) have been >mirroring both the projects (Apache and OpenOffice.org) for about 2 >years now. Considering this, this transition should not have any >substantial changes in bandwidth/storage usage etc. on our side. But >we have two questions: > >1) Will the openoffice.org download servers completely shutdown (and >as result do we have "remove" openoffice.org as a separate project)?
More like it will fade away over time. There are no plans to conduct any more release distributions over the old mirrorbrain network. >2) What will be the fate of versions that were released before the migration? They are currently hosted by apache at archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/ooo HTH >- Cybernet-LUMS Mirror Team > >On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 10:19 AM, drew jensen ><[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear OpenOffice.org Mirror Operator, >> >> On behalf of all the members of the OpenOffice.org community I would >> like to extend a warm thank you for the services rendered to the project >> while participating in the download mirror system. >> >> As you likely are aware, the OpenOffice.org project has during the last >> year migrated to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and taken the new >> name of Apache OpenOffice. >> >> Thanks to the efforts of numerous individuals contributing to the >> project I am pleased to say that the first full release of the Apache >> OpenOffice free open source (FOSS) office suite is nearing completion. >> >> The project is now looking for organizations that will again work with >> us to deliver this important linchpin of the FOSS ecosystem to literally >> millions of users worldwide. >> >> Specifically the project is looking for mirror operators to work within, >> and augment, the existing ASF server mirror system. Details regarding >> the ASF mirror system are available here: >> http://www.apache.org/info/how-to-mirror.html >> >> Please contact our project with any questions you may have via our >> public mailing list at [email protected]. >> >> In closing, please accept my thanks in advance for your time and >> consideration in this matter. I look forward to hearing from you and >> hope that our projects can once again work together to advance the cause >> of Free Open Source Software around the globe. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Drew Jensen >> Apache OpenOffice (incubating) >> Poddling Project Management Committee >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> > > >
