Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: latest-only kernel.org mirrors | Date | 6 Jan 1999 18:30:32 GMT |
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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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