www/server mirror.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       09/02/28 00:17:22

Modified files:
        server         : mirror.html 

Log message:
        update frequency recommendations

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/mirror.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.68&r2=1.69

Patches:
Index: mirror.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/server/mirror.html,v
retrieving revision 1.68
retrieving revision 1.69
diff -u -b -r1.68 -r1.69
--- mirror.html 25 Feb 2009 22:48:18 -0000      1.68
+++ mirror.html 28 Feb 2009 00:15:58 -0000      1.69
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@
 
 <h3>Mirroring the GNU FTP server</h3>
 
-<p>First off, if you do mirror ftp.gnu.org, please drop us a
-line at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>
-so we can add you to the <a href="/prep/ftp.html">mirror list</a>.
-And thanks.</p>
+<p>First, if you mirror ftp.gnu.org, please drop us a line at <a
+href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> so we can add
+you to the <a href="/prep/ftp.html">mirror list</a>.  And thanks.</p>
 
 <p>Mirroring the entire GNU FTP server requires approximately 40GB
 disk space (as of 22 February 2009), which is distributed by
@@ -24,10 +23,10 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>Due to resource and security concerns, we no longer offer direct
-rsync or FTP service to update mirrors. If you would like to use rsync
-(which is advisable) or FTP, there several reliable third party sites,
-that offer access to the material on ftp.gnu.org. They update from us on
-a regular basis and you may access them with (via rsync):</p>
+rsync or special FTP service to update mirrors. If you would like to use
+rsync (which is advisable) or FTP, several reliable third party sites
+provide access to all the material on ftp.gnu.org. They update from us
+nightly and you may access them with (via rsync):</p>
 
 <ul>
   <li><tt>rsync://mirrors.ibiblio.org::gnuftp/</tt> (USA)</li>
@@ -97,6 +96,7 @@
   <li><tt>ftp://gnu.c3sl.ufpr.br/gnu/alpha/</tt></li>
 </ul>
 
+<p>Nightly updates are sufficient for GNU FTP and Alpha material.
 
 <a name="nongnu"></a>
 <h3>Mirroring nongnu releases from Savannah</h3>
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
 be some permission errors; just ignore them.  They are due to choices or
 mistakes by savannah project maintainers.)</p>
 
+<p>It is fine to update the savannah/nongnu once a day as well; twice a
+day if you like.  More than that is not worth the bandwidth, the
+contents are not that dynamic.
+
 <p>If you are able to help with this, please <a
 href="mailto:address@hidden";>email us</a> with the url to your
 mirror so we can add you to the <a
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/02/25 22:48:18 $
+$Date: 2009/02/28 00:15:58 $
 <!-- timestamp end --></p>
 </div>