Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:45:58 +0300 From: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> To: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> Cc: hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Coordinating and distributing the release Message-ID: <20030602074558.GA7704@nevermind.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <3ED8C082.1080405@btc.adaptec.com> References: <3ED8C082.1080405@btc.adaptec.com>
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Hello, Scott Long! On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 08:47:30AM -0600, you wrote: > After 5.0 we discussed ways to coordinate the release so that iso images > could fully propogate to the mirrors before before they were available > to the public. However, I'm not sure if a decision was ever made. Is > this still a reasonable goal? Can it be done using unix file > permissions? If so, how do we propagate out the file permission change > quickly? It is very good idea, because I've tired of /. ppl, who shoult that x.y-RELEASE is out, when it is actually not. > Another idea that came to mind in talking with others is investigating > using BitTorrent to augment the distribution of iso images. For those > not familiar, it's a distributed file sharing protocol that specializes > in balancing loads between every node so that everyone who is > downloading also contributes upload bandwidth to others. And what should do people on 1. slow; 2. _expensive_ overseas links?... > It seems to be > catching on quite quickly with the linux iso people since it has a net > effect of reducing bandwidth load on the primary mirrors. For those > that are interested, go to http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/index.html And also what about secondary mirrors? Looks like only primary mirrors will be able to sync. -- NEVE-RIPE, will build world for food Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group http://uafug.org.ua/
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