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From: Jin-Shan Tseng <tjs@××××××××××××××.tw>
To: gentoo-mirrors@l.g.o
Cc: TWAREN FTP <ftpadmin@××××××.net>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-mirrors] can distfile mirrors spare about 5GB?
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:13:19
Message-Id: 454AEBEC.8090605@cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-mirrors] can distfile mirrors spare about 5GB? by Kojima
1 no problem on ftp.twaren.net
2
3 Kojima wrote:
4 > no problem on miror.gentoo.gr.jp
5 >
6 > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:56:37 -0700 (PDT)
7 > "Jeffrey Forman" <jforman@g.o> wrote:
8 >
9 >
10 >> Hey Guys,
11 >>
12 >> We (Gentoo) is coming out with a new project, called seeds [1] that
13 >> provide 'out of the tarball' installs for certain functions (like a LAMP
14 >> or mythtv) server. Thing is, the project has requested about 5GB of space
15 >> on our mirrors to push out their wares.
16 >>
17 >> Do any of you guys who run distfile mirrors have any problem handling 5GB
18 >> of more data? I will be cleaning out the old releases in the next week or
19 >> so since Gentoo Linux 2006.1 has been out for several weeks, which should
20 >> provide breathing room for those who do not mirror historical.
21 >>
22 >> Just shoot an email out (reply to all please, so infrastructure people get
23 >> a glimpse of how you all feel) about if you can handle it, or if 5GB would
24 >> be the straw that broke the camel's back.
25 >>
26 >> Thanks for the support, Gentoo truly appreciates the work you do allowing
27 >> us to handle new projects.
28 >>
29 >> Regards,
30 >> Jeffrey
31 >>
32 >> Gentoo Infrastructure Mirror Manager
33 >>
34 >> [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/seeds/
35 >>
36 >> --
37 >> gentoo-mirrors@g.o mailing list
38 >>
39 >>
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