On 06/06/14 16:11, Karsten Loesing wrote: > On 06/06/14 12:49, Kostas Jakeliunas wrote: >> Am I right to assume that any service/program/client that relied on >> metrics "rsync the recent/ folder" feature should migrate to using >> https://collector.torproject.org/recent/ ? >> >> One thing that's neat with rsync is that it can take care of any >> lapses in service (on either the metrics data backend side, or on the >> client-which-is-downloading-the-data side) - it will just >> automagically mirror all the consensuses (if this is needed by the >> client/program/etc.) >> >> Of course, it's very easy to just make the client check if it has any >> lapses/holes in its (historical) view of the needed data, and to make >> it re-download (wget, whatever) the missing parts as needed. >> >> Just wanted to make sure there'll be no rsync-recent-metrics-data >> service any more (correct me if i got this wrong.) > > Yes, I'm planning to shut down the rsync service after August 4, 2014. > I created a new file and put it into the root of both metrics-archive > and metrics-recent: > > NOTICE-THIS-SERVICE-WILL-BE-SHUT-DOWN-AFTER-AUGUST-4-2014.txt > > """ > Dear rsync user, > > the rsync service on this host will be SHUT DOWN after August 4, 2014. > > The contents in this directory are now available on the CollecTor homepage > and will remain available after that date: > > https://collector.torproject.org/ > > https://collector.torproject.org/archive/ > > https://collector.torproject.org/recent/ > > The reason for shutting down the rsync service is that every service we > run causes maintenance costs and makes it harder to change things in the > future. That's why we have to shut down services sometimes, even when > people are still using them. In this case we think we can provide a > good alternative by serving all files securely via https. > > Sorry for any inconvenience caused by this! > > Karsten Loesing, Tor Project > """ > > I'm currently extending metrics-lib to fetch descriptors from CollecTor. > Maybe Damian extends Stem to do the same (or accepts patches for that > purpose). > > I'm also planning to send out a reminder about the August 4 date four > weeks before shutting down the service.
Reminder: the rsync service running on metrics.torproject.org will be shut down after August 4, 2014. All the best, Karsten _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
