Setup mirrors

Setup mirrors

[Ray Sabee]

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

As an enthusiastic user of your software for many years, we would like to do
something in return.

We are very fond of the open source model and we would like to contribute to
this great project.

We have a lot of servers and per request on your website, we would like to
make one of more servers available for mirroring the packages.

I would love to know how we can set this up and it would be great if you can
provide me with some sort of manual or wiki page.

 

Thanks in advance and kind regards,

Ray Sabee

 

 

Re: Setup mirrors

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Ray Sabee!

> As an enthusiastic user of your software for many years, we would like to do
> something in return.

> We are very fond of the open source model and we would like to contribute to
> this great project.

> We have a lot of servers and per request on your website, we would like to
> make one of more servers available for mirroring the packages.

> I would love to know how we can set this up and it would be great if you can
> provide me with some sort of manual or wiki page.

Did you search the most obvious place for information?
https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html


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Andrey Repin
Monday, March 9, 2020 6:13:53

Sorry for my terrible english...

RE: Setup mirrors

[Ray Sabee]

Thank you!

Met vriendelijke groet,
Ray Sabee

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Andrey Repin [mailto:anrdaemon@yandex.ru] 
Verzonden: maandag 9 maart 2020 04:14
Aan: Ray Sabee <ray@sabee.nl>; cygwin@cygwin.com
Onderwerp: Re: Setup mirrors

Greetings, Ray Sabee!

> As an enthusiastic user of your software for many years, we would like 
> to do something in return.

> We are very fond of the open source model and we would like to 
> contribute to this great project.

> We have a lot of servers and per request on your website, we would 
> like to make one of more servers available for mirroring the packages.

> I would love to know how we can set this up and it would be great if 
> you can provide me with some sort of manual or wiki page.

Did you search the most obvious place for information?
https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Monday, March 9, 2020 6:13:53

Sorry for my terrible english...

Re: Setup mirrors

[Robert McBroom]

On 3/8/20 11:14 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Ray Sabee!
>
>> As an enthusiastic user of your software for many years, we would like to do
>> something in return.
>> We are very fond of the open source model and we would like to contribute to
>> this great project.
>> We have a lot of servers and per request on your website, we would like to
>> make one of more servers available for mirroring the packages.
>> I would love to know how we can set this up and it would be great if you can
>> provide me with some sort of manual or wiki page.
> Did you search the most obvious place for information?
> https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
>
>
That is the list of mirrors not a howto on becoming a mirror

Re: Setup mirrors

[Bill Stewart]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 4:09 PM Robert McBroom wrote:

> > Did you search the most obvious place for information?
> > https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
> >
> That is the list of mirrors not a howto on becoming a mirror

That page formerly had a blurb at the bottom on how to become a
mirror. This should be viewable by looking at a cached version of the
page.

Google search "how to become a cygwin mirror" and you will see that
the /mirrors.html page is the top hit.

Choose to view a cached version of that page.

Bill

Re: Setup mirrors

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Robert McBroom!

> On 3/8/20 11:14 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Greetings, Ray Sabee!
>>
>>> As an enthusiastic user of your software for many years, we would like to do
>>> something in return.
>>> We are very fond of the open source model and we would like to contribute to
>>> this great project.
>>> We have a lot of servers and per request on your website, we would like to
>>> make one of more servers available for mirroring the packages.
>>> I would love to know how we can set this up and it would be great if you can
>>> provide me with some sort of manual or wiki page.
>> Did you search the most obvious place for information?
>> https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
>>
>>
> That is the list of mirrors not a howto on becoming a mirror

The text was there prior to recent website downtime.
Since then, a number of things gone wrong, including mailing list signature.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 2:10:27

Sorry for my terrible english...

Re: Setup mirrors

[Jon Turney]

On 09/03/2020 23:11, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Robert McBroom!
> 
>> On 3/8/20 11:14 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>>> Greetings, Ray Sabee!
>>>
>>>> As an enthusiastic user of your software for many years, we would like to do
>>>> something in return.
>>>> We are very fond of the open source model and we would like to contribute to
>>>> this great project.
>>>> We have a lot of servers and per request on your website, we would like to
>>>> make one of more servers available for mirroring the packages.
>>>> I would love to know how we can set this up and it would be great if you can
>>>> provide me with some sort of manual or wiki page.
>>> Did you search the most obvious place for information?
>>> https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
>>>
>>>
>> That is the list of mirrors not a howto on becoming a mirror
> 
> The text was there prior to recent website downtime.

The text disappeared due to me just being a fumble-fingered klutz when 
testing the mirror checking script on the new hardware.

Anyhow, I've put that page back the way it should be.

Thanks for letting us know.

> Since then, a number of things gone wrong, including mailing list signature.

We have Top Men working on it, right now.

Re: Setup mirrors

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 11:34:27PM +0000, Jon Turney wrote:
>>Since then, a number of things gone wrong, including mailing list signature.
>
>We have Top Men working on it, right now.

Huh?  Wha?

Re: Setup mirrors

[Brian Inglis]

On 2020-03-09 17:11, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Robert McBroom!
> 
>> On 3/8/20 11:14 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>>> Greetings, Ray Sabee!
>>>
>>>> As an enthusiastic user of your software for many years, we would like to do
>>>> something in return.
>>>> We are very fond of the open source model and we would like to contribute to
>>>> this great project.
>>>> We have a lot of servers and per request on your website, we would like to
>>>> make one of more servers available for mirroring the packages.
>>>> I would love to know how we can set this up and it would be great if you can
>>>> provide me with some sort of manual or wiki page.
>>> Did you search the most obvious place for information?
>>> https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
>>>
>>>
>> That is the list of mirrors not a howto on becoming a mirror
> 
> The text was there prior to recent website downtime.
> Since then, a number of things gone wrong, including mailing list signature.

Now back to normal:

	https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html#mirroradmin

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Re: Setup mirrors

[david]

At 01:35 PM 3/10/2020, you wrote:
>On 2020-03-09 17:11, Andrey Repin wrote:
> > Greetings, Robert McBroom!
> >
> >> On 3/8/20 11:14 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> >>> Greetings, Ray Sabee!
> >>>
> >>>> As an enthusiastic user of your software for many years, we 
> would like to do
> >>>> something in return.
> >>>> We are very fond of the open source model and we would like to 
> contribute to
> >>>> this great project.
> >>>> We have a lot of servers and per request on your website, we 
> would like to
> >>>> make one of more servers available for mirroring the packages.
> >>>> I would love to know how we can set this up and it would be 
> great if you can
> >>>> provide me with some sort of manual or wiki page.
> >>> Did you search the most obvious place for information?
> >>> https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >> That is the list of mirrors not a howto on becoming a mirror
> >
> > The text was there prior to recent website downtime.
> > Since then, a number of things gone wrong, including mailing list 
> signature.
>
>Now back to normal:
>
>         https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html#mirroradmin


Gosh, I detect no change in the information.  The advice on how to 
set up a mirror is:

Please do not send questions asking how to set up a mirror. We don't 
provide technical support for setting up mirrors. Sorry.

I fear the original mail is still unanswered, unless I'm missing 
something obvious.  The page advertises:
Last updated: 2020-03-10 18:31 UTC; Mirror size: 152G

David 

Re: Setup mirrors

[Brian Inglis]

On 2020-03-10 14:44, david wrote:
> At 01:35 PM 3/10/2020, you wrote:
>> On 2020-03-09 17:11, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> > Greetings, Robert McBroom!
>> >
>> >> On 3/8/20 11:14 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> >>> Greetings, Ray Sabee!
>> >>>
>> >>>> As an enthusiastic user of your software for many years, we would like to do
>> >>>> something in return.
>> >>>> We are very fond of the open source model and we would like to contribute to
>> >>>> this great project.
>> >>>> We have a lot of servers and per request on your website, we would like to
>> >>>> make one of more servers available for mirroring the packages.
>> >>>> I would love to know how we can set this up and it would be great if you can
>> >>>> provide me with some sort of manual or wiki page.
>> >>> Did you search the most obvious place for information?
>> >>> https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
>> >>>
>> >> That is the list of mirrors not a howto on becoming a mirror
>> >
>> > The text was there prior to recent website downtime.
>> > Since then, a number of things gone wrong, including mailing list signature.
>>
>> Now back to normal:
>>
>>         https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html#mirroradmin

> Gosh, I detect no change in the information.  The advice on how to set up a
> mirror is:
> 
> Please do not send questions asking how to set up a mirror. We don't provide
> technical support for setting up mirrors. Sorry.
> 
> I fear the original mail is still unanswered, unless I'm missing something
> obvious.  The page advertises:
> Last updated: 2020-03-10 18:31 UTC; Mirror size: 152G

If you don't see a big box below that with a large reddish headline reading:

	Mirror Administrators: Read This!
	...

you need to clear any cached pages for the site or your browser.

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Re: Setup mirrors

[david]

At 02:18 PM 3/10/2020, you wrote:
>On 2020-03-10 14:44, david wrote:
> > At 01:35 PM 3/10/2020, you wrote:
> >> On 2020-03-09 17:11, Andrey Repin wrote:
> >> > Greetings, Robert McBroom!
> >> >
> >> >> On 3/8/20 11:14 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> >> >>> Greetings, Ray Sabee!
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> As an enthusiastic user of your 
> software for many years, we would like to do
> >> >>>> something in return.
> >> >>>> We are very fond of the open source 
> model and we would like to contribute to
> >> >>>> this great project.
> >> >>>> We have a lot of servers and per 
> request on your website, we would like to
> >> >>>> make one of more servers available for mirroring the packages.
> >> >>>> I would love to know how we can set 
> this up and it would be great if you can
> >> >>>> provide me with some sort of manual or wiki page.
> >> >>> Did you search the most obvious place for information?
> >> >>> https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
> >> >>>
> >> >> That is the list of mirrors not a howto on becoming a mirror
> >> >
> >> > The text was there prior to recent website downtime.
> >> > Since then, a number of things gone wrong, 
> including mailing list signature.
> >>
> >> Now back to normal:
> >>
> >> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html#mirroradmin
>
> > Gosh, I detect no change in the 
> information.  The advice on how to set up a
> > mirror is:
> >
> > Please do not send questions asking how to 
> set up a mirror. We don't provide
> > technical support for setting up mirrors. Sorry.
> >
> > I fear the original mail is still unanswered, unless I'm missing something
> > obvious.  The page advertises:
> > Last updated: 2020-03-10 18:31 UTC; Mirror size: 152G
>
>If you don't see a big box below that with a large reddish headline reading:
>
>         Mirror Administrators: Read This!
>         ...
>
>you need to clear any cached pages for the site or your browser.
>
>-


I do see the Mirror Administrators: Read This! 
box.  In it is the "please do not send" command, 
and other comments, but no answer to "how to 
setup".  Is the "last modified" date I posted 
incorrect?  After clearing the cache, I still get the 2020-03-10 18:31 page.

David

Re: Setup mirrors

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, david!

> I do see the Mirror Administrators: Read This!
> box.  In it is the "please do not send" command, 
> and other comments, but no answer to "how to 
> setup".

The very first phrase telling you, where to actually send emails.

>> If you would like to be added to this list of available mirrors then send
>> email to sourcemaster at this site. sourcemaster is a mailing list on this
>> site. You really can send email to it. However, when you send your mesage,
>> remember that this site does not accept html-formatted email.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 1:43:19

Sorry for my terrible english...

Re: Setup mirrors

[Brian Inglis]

On 2020-03-10 16:45, Andrey Repin via Cygwin wrote:
>> I do see the Mirror Administrators: Read This! box.  In it is the "please
>> do not send" command, and other comments, but no answer to "how to setup".

> The very first phrase telling you, where to actually send emails.

>>> If you would like to be added to this list of available mirrors then
>>> send email to sourcemaster at this site. sourcemaster is a mailing list
>>> on this site. You really can send email to it. However, when you send
>>> your mesage, remember that this site does not accept html-formatted
>>> email.

All the information you should need is in the previous and next paragraphs:

"When asking to be added, please provide contact information, the URL of the
mirror, and location of the mirror. Location should be provided similarly to
what is listed in the site list. Make sure that your mirror rsyncs directly from
cygwin.com at least twice a day. If your mirror site has up-to-date content,
once it is added, it will show up here automatically.

Please do not send questions asking how to set up a mirror. We don't provide
technical support for setting up mirrors. Sorry."

so if you can not understand those, you should investigate how to do so, or
delegate setting up and operating a mirror to someone else who can understand
those technical details, as the Cygwin project can not support mirror
administrators local infrastructure operations.

Those instructions, once pointed out and visible, were adequate for the OP.

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SETUP mirrors

[Igor Bujna]

Hello,
i wana ask you where is files from sources.redhat.com/cygwin.
Thnx



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Re: SETUP mirrors

[Christopher Faylor]

On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 03:05:33PM +0200, Igor Bujna wrote:
>i wana ask you where is files from sources.redhat.com/cygwin.

Go to the cygwin web site and stare at it until you see the word
"Mirror Sites".  Then click on that link.

cgf

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