Package: mirrors Severity: wishlist User: mirr...@packages.debian.org Usertags: mirror-submission Control: tags -1 moreinfo Control: submitter -1 david.preci...@uk2group.com
----- Forwarded message from Peter Palfrader <wea...@debian.org> ----- From: Peter Palfrader <wea...@debian.org> Subject: Re: debian mirror debian.mirrors.uk2.net - ftpsync version, non-standard-path, unlisted mirror To: David Precious <david.preci...@uk2group.com> Cc: Debian Mirror Team <mirr...@debian.org> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:54:47 +0000 Message-ID: <20170215135447.gi9...@sarek.noreply.org> On Wed, 15 Feb 2017, David Precious wrote: > > I notice you're not listed in Debian's list of mirrors. Maybe this > > oversight should be corrected? > > That would be nice :) Do I need to submit a listing somewhere, or can > you take care of that? The usual approach is https://www.debian.org/mirror/submit but I guess we can get it sorted out right here. | Site: debian.mirrors.uk2.net | Type: leaf | Archive-architecture: amd64 armhf i386 ia64 s390x | Archive-http: /debian/ | Maintainer: mirr...@uk2.net | Country: GB United Kingdom | Location: ??? | Sponsor: UK-2 Ltd. https://www.uk2.net/ Where are you located? Once I know, and the tracefile and alias thing below are done, I can add the mirror. > > o The tracefile > > http://debian.mirrors.uk2.net/project/trace/mirrors.uk2.net > > suggests that the ftpsync version you are using is very old. > > Please upgrade. > > Righto, I'll get that sorted soon. Also, can you please say MIRRORNAME=debian.mirrors.uk2.net such that the tracefile name matches the http hostname where the mirror is available, please? > > o We recommend all mirrors present the Debian archive under /debian, > > like http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ -- can you do the same? > > > > (Note that an Alias would be just fine if you don't want to break > > things for existing users.) > > Yeah, I'm happy to add an alias for that - will get that done ASAP too. Perfect.
