Mirror Network (was: Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting)
On Monday 14 March 2005 18:11, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net> writes:
> > Speaking of the mirror network is a red-herring. Mirrors are not
> > forced to distribute every arch; they can and should eliminate archs
> > they aren't interested in distributing.
>
> They are. That is mirror policy for primary mirrors. That is the
> reason why amd64 is not in sid and consequently not in sarge.
>
> Instead of dropping archs from debian mirrors should be allowed to do
> partial mirrors. That would solve the space and bandwith problems for
> mirrors without adverse effects to the project as such.
And would break d-i, which currently provides a list of mirrors to choose
from.
Also notably, distribution on the main-mirror network is neither a requirement
for nor a part of being in tier-1
Regards, David
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