On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 09:48:40AM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Anthony Towns <leader@debian.org> [2006-07-29 16:59]: > > That would require us to maintain an essentially permanent archive > > for source packages, which at the moment we don't. But doing so > > would be useful for us too, no? > By the way, can you please authorize funds to buy (or find a sponsor > for) some hard drives for a snapshot.d.net mirror and look for someone > who wants to run one. It's an incredibly useful service and I'd hate > to see us lose this data. [In fact, some data has already been lost > since the idea of a mirror came up :(] (a) For source stuff, the morgue on ftp-master has (ttbomk) complete copies of all sources uploaded going a few years back now. Accessible only to ftpmaster (or ftpteam?) atm, but available on request if needed. (b) As far as looking for people is concerned, I don't have time :( (c) As far as authorising funds (for this or other things) goes, please give a concrete amount that's needed, a definite statement of what the purpose/benefit is, and where possible Cc a public mailing list like this one. (And don't be afraid to repeatedly nag me, particularly on IRC, if I don't get around to replying) HTH. Cheers, aj
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