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Date:      Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:27:50 +0300
From:      "Panagiotis Christias" <christias@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Obsolete packages
Message-ID:  <e4b0ecef0604261427n2406fd80me4fcfa2853a33238@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060426204102.GA72382@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <20060424165021.GA1367@lena.kiev> <444D1BEF.5010704@computer.org> <20060424222727.GA20219@xor.obsecurity.org> <e4b0ecef0604241639q6d43029wa4845a1211fb85bf@mail.gmail.com> <20060424234755.GA21411@xor.obsecurity.org> <e4b0ecef0604261323p32be28c6iea1f864cf8dc0083@mail.gmail.com> <20060426204102.GA72382@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On 4/26/06, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 11:23:31PM +0300, Panagiotis Christias wrote:
>
> > Well, speaking as the maintainer of the ftp.gr.freebsd.org mirror site
> > I would say that in this case the monolithic form of the FreeBSD FTP
> > repository is a drawback. Mirroring around 350GB/1.600.000 files, or
> > even a subset, is a difficult (see insufficient) task. Separating the
> > repository and the mirroring process in parts (releases, packages
> > etc.) could be a solution..
>
> Please raise any suggestions you have for improving the process on the
> mirror operators list, thanks.

Yes, that is the right place for such issues. I'll give it a try.

Regards,
Panagiotis



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