Re: Drafting announcement for shutting down ftp
at bottom :-
On 08/03/2017, Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> The mirror team and DSA would like to shutdown the ftp service for all
> of our public mirrors somewhere before the end of the year. We drafted
> some announcement, but I have no idea if that would be appropriate and
> where we need to announce that.
>
> Please provide some insight.
>
> Regards,
> Bastian
>
> ---
> A lot of people have already done it, some will do it in the near future. So
> let's face it, it is time to terminate a service that we all have learned to
> love and hate --- our FTP servers.
>
> All FTP servers for public facing debian.org services will be shut down on
> XXX 1, 2017. These are:
>
> * ftp://ftp.debian.org
> * ftp://security.debian.org
>
> Please consider migrating to the following:
>
> deb http://deb.debian.org/debian <codename-or-suite>
> main ...
> deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security <codename-or-suite>/updates
> main ...
>
> # tor variant (requires apt-transport-tor)
> # deb tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/debian
> <codename-or-suite> main ...
> # deb tor+http://sgvtcaew4bxjd7ln.onion/debian-security
> <codename-or-suite>/updates main ...
>
> Internal services will not be affected. These are:
>
> * ftp://ftp.upload.debian.org
> * ftp://security-master.debian.org
>
> If you have any concerns about this change, please contact
> mirrors@debian.org.
>
> --
> Men will always be men -- no matter where they are.
> -- Harry Mudd, "Mudd's Women", stardate 1329.8
>
>
Dear Bastian,
While the above looks good, it hasn't been shared what concerns or
problems were encountered with the ftp mirrors which is leading to the
discontinuation of the service. I scanned the mail twice. The only
semi-line which tells about the service is " it is time to terminate
a service that we all have learned to
> love and hate --- our FTP servers." - Bastian
Maybe a line or two or a mail list discussion link/bug report/s or
something where this was discussed would be appropriate for people
wanting to know the issues encountered as well as for historical
purposes.
For the rest, probably the debian-publicity team would be better off
as I'm not a native english speaker.
--
Regards,
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