We should have gentoo ebuilds and Fedora RPMS.
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 6:42 PM, brian raszap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > ubuntu - proprietary Launchpad...that would be interesting > > > > maybe we should have a database of different pronunciations of ubuntu. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 12, 2008 5:26 PM, Derek Juba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I think now they call it Ubuntu. > > > > > > -Derek > > > > > > Bernie Hackett wrote: > > > > <flame retardant undergarments = 100%> > > > > > > > > Debian still exists?!? > > > > > > > > On Feb 12, 2008 4:58 PM, brian raszap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> i think if we mirror a distro it should be Debian. if we mirror > > > more than > > > >> one then Debian should be one of those. > > > >> the best idea seems to be torrents for the actual distro and > > > mirrors only > > > >> for the packages... > > > >> ~Brian > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Feb 11, 2008 5:07 PM, Neil Sikka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Hey. it sounds like a cool idea for us to mirror distros. it also > > > sounds > > > >>> > > > >> cool to have Maryland mirroring packages like ebuilds for gentoo or > > > rpms for > > > >> Fedora etc. I would definitely use it. Why does the business school > > > mirror > > > >> linux???? > > > >> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Nick Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> I would definitely use mirrors of CD images for Ubuntu if there > > > were > > > >>>> some hosted by the UMLUG, as things can get quite bogged down > > > around > > > >>>> release. In recent times I've just used the torrents to download > > > >>>> images, but sometimes if can be hard to even get those, so if > > > nothing > > > >>>> else it would actually be helpful if we could just mirror the > > > torrent > > > >>>> files (which are, obviously, small). > > > >>>> > > > >>>> The other thing that can get bogged down is updates from the > > > repository > > > >>>> when a significant number of package updates are available at > > > once. > > > >>>> While I realize that hosting a repository would take a lot of > > > space, > > > >>>> might it be possible and useful to host only the updates or > > > security > > > >>>> repository mirror with only more modest requirements? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Just a few ideas, > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Nick > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Ken Tossell wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> Hi UMLUG, > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> I'm sure some of you know the LUG used to maintain a mirror for > > > >>>>> various distributions on AFS. Unfortunately, it was last updated > > > in > > > >>>>> May 2004, with Fedora Core 2. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> I'd like to get it going again. I've started pulling down a few > > > >>>>> distributions' CD/DVD archives, but I'd like to know how much > > > >>>>> interest you all have in a local mirror, so: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> - Do you think we should operate a distribution mirror? Would > > > you use > > > >>>>> > > > >> it? > > > >> > > > >>>>> - Should we mirror just CD/DVD images or also host package > > > archives? > > > >>>>> > > > >> (This > > > >> > > > >>>>> means a lot of space, but we have it.) > > > >>>>> - What distributions, if any, should the mirror have? (The > > > business > > > >>>>> > > > >> school > > > >> > > > >>>>> already mirrors CentOS.) > > > >>>>> - Should this mirror be accessible from off the campus (with > > > >>>>> > > > >> restrictions, > > > >> > > > >>>>> such as only allowing UMD users, and depending on the > > > university's > > > >>>>> > > > >> OK)? > > > >> > > > >>>>> - Other projects? > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> - Ken > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> Neil Sikka > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > Neil Sikka -- Neil Sikka
