Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 00:22:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU Subject: docs/54244: Update to Appendix A of Handbook Message-ID: <200307090422.h694MMPa062398@zeus.cse.buffalo.edu> Resent-Message-ID: <200307090430.h694U3RV001017@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 54244
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Update to Appendix A of Handbook
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Jul 08 21:30:03 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ken Smith
>Release: FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
U. Buffalo CSE Department/FreeBSD
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD zeus.cse.buffalo.edu 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Thu Apr 3 10:53:38 GMT 2003 root@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
Remove one site no longer in DNS and re-word description of
ftp.freebsd.org to make admins of that site happier.
>How-To-Repeat:
N/A
>Fix:
Apply patch below to the file
/usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml please.
Question: I was recently made the FreeBSD "Mirror Site Coordinator",
should I use "maintainer-update" for Class above, or continue to
use "update"?
--- chapter.sgml.orig Thu Jun 5 15:28:40 2003
+++ chapter.sgml Tue Jul 8 23:45:17 2003
@@ -202,11 +202,15 @@
<title>FTP Sites</title>
<para>The official sources for FreeBSD are available via anonymous FTP
- from:
+ from a worldwide set of Mirror Sites. The site:
<blockquote>
<para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/"></ulink>.</para>;
- </blockquote></para>
+ </blockquote>
+
+ is well connected and allows a large number of connections to it but
+ you are probably better off finding a "closer" mirror site (especially
+ if you decide to set up some sort of mirror site).</para>
<para>The <ulink
url="http://www.freebsdmirrors.org/">FreeBSD mirror
@@ -418,10 +422,6 @@
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="ftp://ftp2.cn.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/"></ulink></para>;
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para><ulink url="ftp://ftp3.cn.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/"></ulink></para>;
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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