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

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

[Jerry McBride]

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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                             Jerome D. McBride
                                       
   17:17:08 up 57 days, 23:24,  5 users,  load average: 0.14, 0.09, 0.02
 
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Re: [gentoo-user] ibiblio dumps Gentoo distfiles to "save space"

[Saphirus Sage]

On Feb 12, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@comcast.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.
>
> -- 
>
> *** 
> *** 
> *** 
> ********************************************************************
>
>                             From the desk of:
>                             Jerome D. McBride
>
>   17:17:08 up 57 days, 23:24,  5 users,  load average: 0.14, 0.09,  
> 0.02
>
> *** 
> *** 
> *** 
> ********************************************************************
>
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. 

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

[Stroller]

On 12 Feb 2009, at 22:23, Jerry McBride wrote:
> ...
> 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.

Is distfiles not all stuff that one would normally get from (for  
example) SourceForge & its mirrors, anyway?

The docs do seem to clearly indicate that distfiles should be omitted.

Considering the cost of 1TB SCSI drives your offer was remarkably  
generous - I will be glad to take these disk off your hands if no-one  
else will. ;)

Stroller.

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

[Daniel da Veiga]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 20:23, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@comcast.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.
>

Isn't default portage behavior NOT to sync distfiles? Some distfiles
are hosted on mirrors not related to gentoo, others have no mirrors at
all, leaving a single server to download from, so, I can't think of a
reason to sync this specific folder, other than being a mirror
yourself (is that the case?).

-- 
Daniel da Veiga