From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 23 00:10:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA3A416A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:10:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailer.gwdg.de (mailer.gwdg.de [134.76.10.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A012C43D55 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:10:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emoenke@gwdg.de) Received: from gwdu05.gwdg.de ([134.76.98.95]) by mailer.gwdg.de with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1BnndU-0007as-N6; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 02:10:05 +0200 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 02:10:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Eberhard Moenkeberg To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20040722152448.GB21666@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Level: / X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required X-Virus-Scanned: (clean) by exiscan+sophie cc: Konrad Heuer cc: kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU Subject: Re: New TLD mirror site X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:10:06 -0000 Hi, On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Ken Smith wrote: > > > I was given a heads-up that one of our current TLD mirror sites will > > be cutting back on their services so we should find a replacement. > > > > If you are currently not a TLD site (ftpX.freebsd.org, as opposed to > > ftpX.CC.freebsd.org) but feel your site would make a good TLD site > > please send a message to "mirror-admin@freebsd.org" to say you are > > interested. It wouldn't hurt to say you're interested no matter > > where you are but the final decision will be based on: > > > > - Non-US based site slightly preferred, the one being replaced > > is non-US and I am still interested in having the TLD sites > > not be US-centric as they had been in the past. > > > > - Full mirror, should carry everything. > > > > - Good network connectivity on a global basis, relatively high > > limit on bandwidth consumption and number of user connects. > > > > - Sync with one of the master sites at least twice a day. > > > > - Existing and well established official mirror sites preferred. > > > > The other times we have needed to do this I got several offers from > > excellent sites so the final decision was difficult and was more or > > less done by tossing coins... :-) So, please do not be offended if > > you say you are interested but your site is not chosen - it should not > > be taken as any reflection on the quality of your site. > > > > We'll make the decision in about a week. Thanks. > > Well, I am sure ftp.gwdg.de is an "excellent site" within your stated > aspects, but from a "german" view, ftp.gwdg.de (Daniel Lang) I am very sorry. Must read ftp.leo.de (Daniel Lang) > should qualify before ftp.gwdg.de because his server is running FreeBSD. > Iam running Linux "only" in the sense of some participants here.. ;-)) Cheers -e -- Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de, em@kki.org)