Re: [gentoo-user] ibiblio dumps Gentoo distfiles to "save space"

[Saphirus Sage]

On Feb 12, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>  
wrote:

>
> Imagine my surprise when the nightly rsync of Gentoo distfiles with
> ibibilo
> resulted in my distfile repository getting totally deleted.  After a
> few
> emails wit the admins at ibibilo I finally got the answer that I was
> looking
> for... the truth...
>
>>> Jerry,
>>>
>>> We are no longer rsyncing the distfiles due to space constraints
>>> on our
>>> distributions volume. Gentoo's own instructions for setting up a
>>> mirror
>>> recommend excluding the distfiles directory:
>>>
>>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml
>>>
>>> If you need these files, you could try the other mirrors listed on
>>> this
>>> page:
>>>
>>> http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>
> I promptly emailed back an offer of two new 1,000 gig drives if they
> would put
> the gentoo distfiles back up and... no answer....
>
> Guess they really don't care.
>
> --
>
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There are quite a few mirrors available to sync from; so one's dropped  
support, it's a drop in the bucket. I'll admit, "space concerns" seem  
to be a bit odd of a complaint, maybe it was more along the lines of  
hosting fees? After all, a distribution server isn't exactly a low- 
bandwidth operation.