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SubjectRe: latest-only kernel.org mirrors
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Followup to:  <Pine.LNX.4.03.9901051348280.18860-100000@mirkwood.dummy.home>
By author: Rik van Riel <riel@humbolt.geo.uu.nl>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I have an idea for a new kind of mirror. Since 90% of all
> downloads probably are the newest kernel only, we might
> want to setup a very large latest-only mirror network
> where we distribute files by rsync so all mirrors have
> the latest kernel source immediately.
>
> I think that would rid us of the lack of mirrors (who can't
> spare 50 megs on his/her server?) and of the kernel.org
> overloading (since the rsync mechanism makes sure that all
> mirrors have the latest files within an hour or so).
>
> An yes, I volunteer to be one of those light-weight mirrors.
> My network connection is fast and mostly idle, but my disk
> space is quite limited...
>

This is somewhat nice, but is a huge overhead for me personally. I'd
like to do it, but I don't have the time to create a whole new system
of mirrors at the moment.

-hpa

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