On 1/29/14 6:22 AM, "Tom Chiverton" <t...@extravision.com> wrote:
>On 29/01/2014 14:18, Alex Harui wrote: >> >> On 1/29/14 3:14 AM, "Tom Chiverton" <t...@extravision.com> wrote: >> >>> Why are our mirrors often broken ? >> Good question. Maybe it is because it is a free volunteer service. But >> that is why we have md5 checksums. >> >I may have come across to harsh :-) > >Do you know if this is something all Apache projects have issues with >their mirrors ? I assume what happens is that the mirror has part of a >copy because it's half way through a sync. or something ? Has anyone >asked infra@ (or who ever should be able to help) ? We did ask. Infra verified that the mirrors in question had a full and accurate copy. It is in the transmission to the user that a corruption happens which is why checksums are recommended in any transfer. But I have noticed it seems to happen more often from these mirrors than anything else I download from the internet. -Alex
