article.sgml - Formalize Requirements?

[Valentin Nechayev]

 Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 21:03:01, kensmith wrote about "Re: article.sgml - Formalize Requirements?": 

> Requirements of Tier-1 Mirror Sites
> -----------------------------------

> 4) IF this site allows sync's from Tier-2 sites then:

If this site doesn't allow sync from tier-2 sites, what is its purpose?
(Below it is said that tier-2 site may sync from ftp-master, may from other.)
Well, what "tier-1" and "tier-2" means here?
For now I see that if you have formalizations for these terms, they are
non-obvious.

> 2) Site admin on hubs@ as well as mirror-announce at .
> 3) Carry everything.

What is reason for carrying everything?
E.g. I don't know any real need for architectures other than i386
in our region (Ukraine).

> Requirements of Tier-2 Mirror Sites
> -----------------------------------

> 1) Sync from an ftp-master* site or a Tier-1 site, preferrably a
>    Tier-1.

Well, ftp-master* are other than Tier-1? What's the difference
between Tier-1 mirror and regional ftp-master?


-netch-