Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 23:48:17 +0000 From: Olafur Osvaldsson <oli@isnic.is> To: Mark Mayo <mmayo@360networks.net> Cc: hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The 4.4 FTP Release Message-ID: <20010919234817.D8729@isnic.is> In-Reply-To: <20010919161131.A40925@360networks.net>; from mmayo@360networks.net on Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 04:11:31PM -0700 References: <20010919220128.F1469@isnic.is> <20010919161131.A40925@360networks.net>
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Mark Mayo wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:01:28PM +0000, Olafur Osvaldsson wrote: > I stayed up and supervised the syncing to be ready for "the big hit", so > I saw this change and just moved some files around without having to > download them. Naturally, any automated scripts would have re-transfered > one image. Buy hey, the change had to be made. It was. It was > communicated. I don't see much reason to complain on this one. And the > extra download of one image is hardly a worry for a mirror -- we'll > push out that many bytes every few minutes for the next couple weeks.. I also stayed up but when without access to ftp-master it was a bit harder for me ;) that is being fixed. Regarding the iso files it didn't matter to me, but I have noticed some mirror admins complain about the number of iso files so my guess was that they don't like having to download them multiple times. > > > 3. To my knowledge there were only 3 sites today (13:00 GMT) that had all of > > 4.4 i386 iso images on their ftp server, ftp2.freebsd.org, ftp5.freebsd.org > > and ftp.rhnet.is, but ftp.freebsd.org didn't have all. > > I (ftp.ca.freebsd.org) had all the images before the announcement. > Again, I stayed up and waited for the images to appear on ftp-master, > downloaded everything to holding spots, and moved it all over in one go > once I had everything. It required a few hours of my time, yes, but that > doesn't seem unreasonable. I can spare a few hours several times a year > to make sure releases go smoother. Maybe more should do the same. To many mirror admins rely solely on automated scripts to make things happen, I understand that often it is not possible to do things otherwise but tier-1 mirrors should have dedicated admins willing to spend a little extra time around releases. > Overall, this release seems to be going a whole lot better than the > 4.3 release, and I think everyone involved deserves a round of applause > for making it happen. Especially the release engineering team. > I agree, it probably wasn't obvious in my first email but I think the people involved in making FreeBSD and getting it to us are doing a great job, I'm just trying to point out the rough edges and offering my help to make them smoother. Oli -- Olafur Osvaldsson Systems Administrator Internet Iceland inc. Tel: +354 525-5291 Email: oli@isnic.is To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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