Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:40:01 GMT From: Kevin McCarthy <me@kevinmccarthy.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/132718: Information about adding a new mirror is outdated / nonfunctional Message-ID: <200903170440.n2H4e12A097147@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200903170450.n2H4o1Ih016562@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 132718 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Information about adding a new mirror is outdated / nonfunctional >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 17 04:50:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kevin McCarthy >Release: current >Organization: Hawaii Open Source Foundation >Environment: N/A >Description: The FreeBSD handbook section 5.2 - "How to become official then?" states the following: >How-To-Repeat: 1. Create a new FreeBSD mirror 2. Read the documentation on http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/hubs/mirror-official.html 3. Follow the instructions. Observe lack of response. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: >If everything works so far, contact the DNS administrator responsible for your region/country, and ask >for a DNS entry for your site. The admin should able to be contacted via <hostmaster@CC.FreeBSD.org>, >where CC is your country code/TLD. Your DNS entry will be as described in Section 4.1. >If there is no subdomain set up for your country yet, you should contact <mirror-admin@FreeBSD.org>, >or you can try the FreeBSD mirror sites mailing lists first. >Whoever helps you get an official name should send email to <mirror-admin@FreeBSD.org> so your site >will be added to the mirror list in the FreeBSD Handbook. I have created a new mirror and have attempted to go through this process. The following are the email addresses I have tried to get my new mirror added: 1. mirror-admin@US.FreeBSD.org 2. mirror-admin@FreeBSD.org 3. hubs@FreeBSD.org 4. hostmaster@FreeBSD.org - the following was returned as a bounce: >This is a canned auto-reply to your recent email to hostmaster@freebsd.org. >Your message has NOT been read by a human. If you need human >assistance, use the following @freebsd.org addresses: >questions@ (problems finding, downloading or installing freebsd) >ftpadm@ (regarding the contents of the ftp mirrors - corrupt files etc) >hubs@ (dealing with mirrors, corrupt files on mirrors, etc) >dnsadm@ (specific dns zone change instructions) >ftp-master@ (access to ftp-master.*.freebsd.org) I then attempted the following email addresses: 5. hubs@FreeBSD.org 6. dnsadm@FreeBSD.org None of these emails were answered at all. I also sent an email to 7. freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.org (mailing list), which did get a response from another member of the list recommending I read the FreeBSD handbook procedure. I explained my previous attempts but didn't get any responses. Also I tried the IRC channel a few times. What is the correct procedure for getting a new mirror added? This process is too difficult and will discourage bandwidth donators.
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