Re: removing ftp:// from mirrors lists

[Mattias Wadenstein <maswan@acc.umu.se>]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Axel Beckert wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Mattias Wadenstein wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Axel Beckert wrote:
> > > Mattias Wadenstein wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Axel Beckert wrote:
> > > > > But before we do that we should think over our mirror CNAME scheme.
> > > >
> > > > No.
> > >
> > > Why?
> >
> > Because the ftp.ccTLD.debian.org names will need to stay around for
> > at least 3-5 years from now, even if we can come to a conclusion to
> > rename things ASAP this afternoon.
>
> While the reasoning is totally correct and reasonable, it still
> doesn't explain why you deny that we should _think_ about changing our
> CNAME scheme.

I don't deny that. I just think it would be a really bad idea to set that 
as a pre-requirement for updating the mirror list.

I'm all for choosing some better name, but that's for a different thread 
and should not be used to block the task of "removing ftp:// from mirrors 
lists" which is what we're talking about here.

/Mattias Wadenstein