Mirror Site Requirements - Final Draft?

[João Carlos Mendes Luís]

Simon L. Nielsen wrote:

> On 2003.07.27 15:27:24 -0400, Ken Smith wrote:
> 
> 
>>Requirements of all Mirror Sites
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> [CUT]
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>>4) Directory archive sits in is /pub/FreeBSD.
> 
> 
> At least ftp9.freebsd.org doesn't do this... Is it that important, since
> the FreeBSD mirror directory is mentioned in the Handbook?

It's important.  Think sysinstall...

> I can see the benefit for users from having all mirrors having the
> /pub/FreeBSD directory, but some large mirrors might like to subdivide
> their mirrors and it would be a shame to disqualify them on this reason
> alone.

There are large mirrors that use this structure without problems.  And 
you could always use symbolic links, if needed.


                                         Jonny

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