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From: |
Karl Berry |
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Subject: |
www/server mirror.html |
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Date: |
Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:39:19 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 07/04/07 00:39:19
Modified files:
server : mirror.html
Log message:
undo nasty indentation
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/mirror.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.47&r2=1.48
Patches:
Index: mirror.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/server/mirror.html,v
retrieving revision 1.47
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -b -r1.47 -r1.48
--- mirror.html 7 Apr 2007 00:36:28 -0000 1.47
+++ mirror.html 7 Apr 2007 00:39:15 -0000 1.48
@@ -1,69 +1,63 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
- <title>Advice for Running Mirrors - GNU Project - Free Software
- Foundation (FSF)</title>
+<title>Advice for Running Mirrors - GNU Project - Free Software
+Foundation (FSF)</title>
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
- <h2>Advice for Running Mirrors</h2>
+<h2>Advice for Running Mirrors</h2>
- <h3>Mirroring the GNU FTP Server</h3>
+<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>Mirroring the GNU FTP server requires approximately 40GB
- disk space (as of 04 January 2007), which is distributed by
- the following way:</p>
- <pre>
+<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>Mirroring the GNU FTP server requires approximately 40GB
+disk space (as of 04 January 2007), which is distributed by
+the following way:</p>
+<pre>
<tt> /gnu: 12G </tt>
<tt> /non-gnu: 300M </tt>
<tt> /old-gnu: 700M </tt>
<tt> /gnu+linux-distros: 27G </tt>
</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
- are at least two reliable third party sites, ibiblio.org
- and ftp.funet.fi, that offer access to the ftp.gnu.org
- contents. They update directly from us on a regular basis
- and you may access them with:</p>
+<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
+are at least two reliable third party sites, ibiblio.org
+and ftp.funet.fi, that offer access to the ftp.gnu.org
+contents. They update directly from us on a regular basis
+and you may access them with:</p>
- <ul>
+<ul>
<li><tt>rsync://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/gnu/ftp/</tt></li>
+ <li><tt>ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/gnu/ftp/</tt></li>
+</ul>
- <li>
- <tt>ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/gnu/ftp/</tt></li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>and</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>
-
<tt>rsync://ftp.funet.fi/ftp/pub/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/</tt></li>
-
- <li>
- <tt>ftp://ftp.funet.fi/ftp/pub/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/</tt></li>
- </ul>
+<p>and</p>
- <p>If your site can also offer general rsync access for
- mirroring, please <a href=
- "mailto:address@hidden";>contact us</a>.</p>
-
- <p>We regret that we do not have adequate resources to
- assist mirrors in updating directly from us. Please update
- from one of the sites above. But if you insist on trying
- anyway, you can try using <a href="/software/wget/">GNU
- Wget</a> (or another free software ftp fetching utility) to
- retrieve ftp://ftp.gnu.org.</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><tt>rsync://ftp.funet.fi/ftp/pub/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/</tt></li>
+ <li><tt>ftp://ftp.funet.fi/ftp/pub/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/</tt></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>If your site can also offer general rsync access for
+mirroring, please <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>contact us</a>.</p>
+
+<p>We regret that we do not have adequate resources to
+assist mirrors in updating directly from us. Please update
+from one of the sites above. But if you insist on trying
+anyway, you can try using <a href="/software/wget/">GNU
+Wget</a> (or another free software ftp fetching utility) to
+retrieve ftp://ftp.gnu.org.</p>
- <h3><a id="Ibiblio" name="Ibiblio">Tips on Updating Your
- GNU FTP Mirror from Ibiblio</a></h3>
+<h3><a id="Ibiblio" name="Ibiblio">Tips on Updating Your
+GNU FTP Mirror from Ibiblio</a></h3>
- <ul>
+<ul>
<li>They recommend using -rltp for mirroring content from
ftp.ibiblio.org via rsync. Using -x tends to cause
client-side problems because they disable compression on
@@ -77,44 +71,40 @@
<li>Specific questions and problem reports can be sent
to: help-at-ibiblio-dot-org.</li>
- </ul>
+</ul>
- <h3>Mirroring the GNU Alpha FTP Server</h3>
+<h3>Mirroring the GNU Alpha FTP Server</h3>
- <p>ibiblio and funet also offer a copies of alpha.gnu.org
- for your mirroring pleasure:</p>
+<p>ibiblio and funet also offer a copies of alpha.gnu.org
+for your mirroring pleasure:</p>
- <ul>
+<ul>
<li><tt>rsync://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/gnu/alpha/</tt></li>
+ <li><tt>ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/gnu/alpha/</tt></li>
+</ul>
- <li>
- <tt>ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/gnu/alpha/</tt></li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>and</p>
+<p>and</p>
- <ul>
+<ul>
<li>
<tt>rsync://ftp.funet.fi/ftp/pub/mirrors/alpha.gnu.org/gnu/</tt></li>
+ <li><tt>ftp://ftp.funet.fi/ftp/pub/mirrors/alpha.gnu.org/gnu/</tt></li>
+</ul>
- <li>
- <tt>ftp://ftp.funet.fi/ftp/pub/mirrors/alpha.gnu.org/gnu/</tt></li>
- </ul>
-
- <h3>Mirroring the GNU Web Server</h3>
+<h3>Mirroring the GNU Web Server</h3>
- <p>We no longer recommend creating web mirrors, because it
- has turned out that (a) few users can actually make
- use of them, and (b) most mirrors either became out of
- date or went offline relatively frequently. We don't want
- outdated information about the GNU project to be
- disseminated.</p>
-
- <p>Nonetheless, if you wish to mirror www.gnu.org for your
- own purposes, that is ok with us. We recommend using
- mod_proxy. Here is an <i>unsupported</i> recipe of Apache
- directives for your <tt><VirtualHost></tt>:</p>
- <pre>
+<p>We no longer recommend creating web mirrors, because it
+has turned out that (a) few users can actually make
+use of them, and (b) most mirrors either became out of
+date or went offline relatively frequently. We don't want
+outdated information about the GNU project to be
+disseminated.</p>
+
+<p>Nonetheless, if you wish to mirror www.gnu.org for your
+own purposes, that is ok with us. We recommend using
+mod_proxy. Here is an <i>unsupported</i> recipe of Apache
+directives for your <tt><VirtualHost></tt>:</p>
+<pre>
ServerName gnumirror.example.org
CacheRoot "/var/cache/mod_proxy"
CacheDefaultExpire 86400 # for Apache 2.0+, value is in seconds
@@ -122,19 +112,18 @@
CacheEnable disk /
</pre>
- <p>Thanks to Juri Hoerner for providing this Apache
- information.</p>
- <!-- If needed, change the copyright block at the bottom. In general,
-->
- <!-- all pages on the GNU web server should have the section about
-->
- <!-- verbatim copying. Please do NOT remove this without talking
-->
- <!-- with the webmasters first. -->
- <!-- Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the
document -->
- <!-- and that it is like this "2001, 2002" not this "2001-2002." -->
- </div>
+<p>Thanks to Juri Hoerner for providing this Apache information.</p>
+<!-- If needed, change the copyright block at the bottom. In general, -->
+<!-- all pages on the GNU web server should have the section about -->
+<!-- verbatim copying. Please do NOT remove this without talking -->
+<!-- with the webmasters first. -->
+<!-- Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document -->
+<!-- and that it is like this "2001, 2002" not this "2001-2002." -->
+</div>
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
- <div id="footer">
+<div id="footer">
<p>Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to <a href=
"mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>. There are also
<a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> the FSF.<br />
@@ -151,7 +140,7 @@
README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting
translations of this article.</p>
- <p>Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 Free
+ <p>Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 Free
Software Foundation, Inc.,</p>
<address>
@@ -163,11 +152,13 @@
provided this notice, and the copyright notice, are
preserved.</p>
- <p>Updated: <!-- timestamp start -->
- $Date: 2007/04/07 00:36:28 $ <!-- timestamp end --></p>
- </div>
+<p>Updated:
+<!-- timestamp start -->
+$Date: 2007/04/07 00:39:15 $
+<!-- timestamp end --></p>
+</div>
- <div id="translations">
+<div id="translations">
<h3>Translations of this page:</h3>
<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical. -->
<!-- Comment what the language is for each type, i.e. DE is Deutsch.-->
@@ -188,7 +179,7 @@
<li><a href=
"/server/mirror.html">English</a> [en]</li>
</ul>
- </div>
- </div>
+</div>
+</div>
</body>
</html>