From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 10 21:22:48 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E91BC106566B for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:22:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-8.MIT.EDU [18.7.68.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 864F68FC08 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:22:48 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 12074425-b7f4a6d0000008e0-69-4f84a4a77e34 Received: from mailhub-auth-2.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.36]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 22.E8.02272.7A4A48F4; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:22:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-2.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id q3ALMlLp007193; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:22:47 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (MULTICS.MIT.EDU [18.187.1.73]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id q3ALMjxW008007 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:22:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id q3ALMjpj010666; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:22:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:22:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Espen Tagestad In-Reply-To: <2EAFBEC4-A13E-448F-959D-86D96381E2B6@tagestad.no> Message-ID: References: <2EAFBEC4-A13E-448F-959D-86D96381E2B6@tagestad.no> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrDIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nort8SYu/wZYFmhY3p/5ntzh1povV gcljxqf5LB6brv5jDWCK4rJJSc3JLEst0rdL4Mo4/mcTY8FnropX0+ewNjDe5Ohi5OSQEDCR +PDjAiuELSZx4d56NhBbSGAfo8TV5T5djFxA9gZGicOPFrBDOAeYJL7MbmOEcBoYJd5+nAvU zsHBIqAtcflkCkg3m4CKxMw3G8EmiQioSUz5dx3MZhaQlmhYv5kJxBYWCJXYef4fC4jNKWAv cWLRMkYQm1fAUeLKnyOsEFfYSXy+dIIdxBYV0JFYvX8KC0SNoMTJmU9YIGZaSpz7c51tAqPg LCSpWUhSCxiZVjHKpuRW6eYmZuYUpybrFicn5uWlFula6OVmluilppRuYgQHqovqDsYJh5QO MQpwMCrx8C7yb/EXYk0sK67MPcQoycGkJMprsBAoxJeUn1KZkVicEV9UmpNafIhRgoNZSYTX ZTZQjjclsbIqtSgfJiXNwaIkzqup9c5PSCA9sSQ1OzW1ILUIJivDwaEkwTtxMVCjYFFqempF WmZOCUKaiYMTZDgP0PAskBre4oLE3OLMdIj8KUZFKXHeSpCEAEgiozQPrheWSF4xigO9Isxb BlLFA0xCcN2vgAYzAQ3+PBlscEkiQkqqgbH21vyOCUpPFcoKDj1kuKXmUsK5+clejSUnxf4K zPL9EbGh6pkue9J3d5sLf9S2Sn2ZXecyo3vlse2rny9dc/7qcs609IR9fuzxK3d/Zbf+/DLZ 5a/xPU/ZQ6qvDH+dv+advGXz/JPG79NWzAvI4z1SGjDN5NOtM0wJcedma/C73bWXnOve9Omp EktxRqKhFnNRcSIAUH9ITP8CAAA= Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD mirror and some issues with Perl (with suggestion for change!) X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:22:49 -0000 On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Espen Tagestad wrote: > From the documentation on how to set up a FreeBSD mirror: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hubs/mirror-howto.html > > ... there is a paragraf written like this: > "ftp/mirror was very popular, but seemed to have some drawbacks, as it > is written in perl(1), and had real problems with mirroring large > directories like a FreeBSD site." That text dates essentially from 2002, when the article received a "complete makeover" and this entire section was added. I have no particular reason to know whether it is still accurate or not. > > Beeing a user of both FreeBSD and Perl for years (and probably for years > to come) I don't find this formulation providing Perl any justice. > What's the issue with Perl? That it has to be installed additionally? I > don't care about the mirror program itself (I went for the rsync way). > Would it be a less drawback if it was written in Ruby or Python? > > Suggestion for change: > "ftp/mirror was very popular, but had real problems with mirroring large > directories like a FreeBSD site." I have no real objection to removing the perl reference, but if this sentence is touched at all, it seems like it should first be verified that the past ten years of history have not changed the performance characteristics of ftp/mirror. -Ben Kaduk