On Mon, 2024-12-09 at 19:39 +0100, Mattias Wadenstein wrote: > On Sat, 7 Dec 2024, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > > On Mon, 2024-11-18 at 18:25 +0100, Mattias Wadenstein wrote: > > > The mirror ftp.acc.umu.se should be updated to mirror.accum.se in > > > both the mirror list and in DNS CNAMEs for ftp.se.debian.org etc. > [...] > > I'm trying to work out if there's a sensible way of renaming the > > mirror in the mirror list that doesn't result in you disappearing > > off the published list for 10-14 days (as new mirrors start with a > > low "score"). I'm tempted to add a new entry for the new name, let > > that make its way on to the published list and then remove the > > older entry. > > Makes sense to me to double list it for a while. >
OK. I've added the new entry for ftp.accume.se; we can remove the older one once both are on the published list. Is this still the relevant sponsor information? Sponsor: Academic Computer Club, Umeå University http://www.accum.se/ Sponsor: South Pole AB http://www.southpole.se/ > > The mirror listing currently includes: > > > > Alias: churchill.acc.umu.se > > > > but I'm not sure if churchill is still relevant here. > > No, this was the old push trigger / updating host, taken over by > poincare: > ACK. > > We'll presumably also want to change the mirror push to > > ftp.acc.umu.se > > / poincare.acc.umu.se to use the new name, which will also imply > > changing the rsync username that you use to pull updates. That > > needs a > > bit of investigation / checking in order to avoid breaking your > > updates > > if we can't do a synchronised cut-over. > > The poincare.acc.umu.se is currently having their primary name in the > .acc.umu.se domain, and since it is not "a web site" or otherwise > public-facing there is a lot less pressure to do anything about the > domain name. I suggest keeping it as poincare.acc.umu.se for now, and > we'll maybe get back to it in a few years. It is the host that does > all the updates, taking ssh triggers and running cron jobs. Fair enough, happy to have fewer things to worry about. :-) Regards, Adam
