From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 00:46:22 2003 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 F24F237B401; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:46:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kurush.osdn.org.ua (external.osdn.org.ua [212.40.34.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A66643F75; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:46:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from never@kurush.osdn.org.ua) Received: from kurush.osdn.org.ua (never@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kurush.osdn.org.ua (8.12.6p2/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h527jxsB007911; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:46:00 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from never@kurush.osdn.org.ua) Received: (from never@localhost) by kurush.osdn.org.ua (8.12.6p2/8.12.6/Submit) id h527jwR8007908; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:45:59 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from never) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:45:58 +0300 From: Alexandr Kovalenko To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20030602074558.GA7704@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <3ED8C082.1080405@btc.adaptec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3ED8C082.1080405@btc.adaptec.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i cc: re@freebsd.org cc: hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Coordinating and distributing the release 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: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 07:46:22 -0000 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/