Simon Paillard wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 12:12:25PM +0900, Steven Wilton wrote: >> I?ve just switched to using the anonftpsync script for out debian mirrors, >> and developed this patch in the process. It?s purpose is to allow an >> explicit list of architectures to allow, rather than specifying a list to >> deny (so we don?t automatically mirror any new architectures that may >> appear). >> >> I thought it may be useful to others also. > > Hello Steven and sorry for the latency, > > I think also than specifying in the mirroring script the architectures > to include is a better idea than specifying the ones to exclude. > > Moreover, it would be consistent with the way we record the architectures > available for earch mirror in Mirrors.masterlist. > > On the other side, it implies that we rely on the reactivity of mirrors > admins, to add by hand each new architecture that Debian releases for. > (And given the mean reactivity of admins, I wonder if it is such a good idea..) > > Other position about this patch ? I too would rather list the architectures that I want to mirror, rather than the ones I want to exclude. Some mirrors have limited disk space, and the addition of a new architecture could break the mirror if they don't add it to the exclude list before the architecture goes live. Just my $0.02... Regards, Austin.
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