Mirror Site Addition

[Rasmus Brøgger]

> Hello, hubs!
>
> Whom would be able to help Richard, the maintainer of the new cvsup
> mirror cvsup.ca.freebsd.org, get hooked up with access to one of the
> master sites, and possibly get added to the handbook for his www
> (www2.ca.freebsd.org), ftp (ftp3.ca.freebsd.org), and cvsup mirrors
> (cvsup1.ca.freebsd.org)? Please let me know...
>
> Cheers,
> Mit
>
> PS: Robert, you might want to subscribe to freebsd-hubs maling list;
> this is where all discussions related to the mirror sites is preferred.
>
>
>
> Robert Isaac wrote:
>
>>Hi Mit,
>>
>>No problem.
>>
>>1) I am synching from cvsup2.freebsd.org.  I'd be happy to synch from a
>>master if access can be granted.
>>2) Sounds good to me!
>>3) I've sent an email to doc@ and added hostmaster at ca to the CC: List.
>>
>>Robert
>>
>>
>>--
>>Robert Isaac
>>Network Specialist Team Lead
>>Shaw CableSystems G.P.
>>Tel: +1.403.303.4849
>>robert.isaac at sjrb.ca
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Mit Rowe [mailto:mit at 9trackmind.com]
>>Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:57 AM
>>To: Robert Isaac
>>Cc: mitayai at ca.freebsd.org; hostmaster at ca.freebsd.org
>>Subject: Re: Mirror Site Addition
>>
>>I apologize for my brevity; i've got a million things in the air and
>>have to type this and catch them before they fall to the ground ;-)
>>
>>-CVSup server seems to work great for me. Are you syncing from a
>>master?  If not, i can try to arrange access for you.
>>-I've added your cvsup site as cvsup1.ca.freebsd.org -The numbers are
>>purely for order of addition... you were the second web mirror, third
>>ftp mirror, and first cvsup mirror.
>>-The mirrors database is dynamic, based on the DNS zones; however, the
>>handbook is done by hand.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Mit
>>
>>
>>
>>Robert Isaac wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi Mit,
>>>
>>>Second, please allow me to thank the FreeBSD team for such a wonderful
>>> operating system.  No thanks are needed for us.  Our official point
>>>of  view these mirrors exist only to make our customer's experience
>>>better.   Any benefits that I can provide to the community are simply
>>>gravy.  In  the case of FreeBSD, I will do what I can to go the extra
>>>mile.  It has  served me well since 2.1.5 and continues to do so for
>>>these servers:
>>>
>>>FreeBSD mirror1.arcticnetwork.ca 5.3-RELEASE-p8
>>>
>>>And, now that the pleasantries are out of the way :D
>>>
>>>
>>>I will send an email to doc and see if they can point me in the right
>>>direction.
>>>
>>>I am already running CVSup for FreeBSD.  I have been successfully
>>>supping the ports and source trees for local boxes here.  Is there
>>>anything else that I would need to add?  Feel free to give them a test
>>>and see how they work and if they are complete.  Please note that cvs
>>>only runs on mirror1.arcticnetwork.ca.  I see that the hostnames for
>>>ftp3/www2 are CNAME to mirror.arcticnetwork.ca.  The cvsup hostname
>>>should be a CNAME to
>>>
>>>
>>mirror1
>>
>>
>>>only.
>>>
>>>Hope to hear from you soon!
>>>
>>>Robert
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Robert Isaac
>>>Network Specialist Team Lead
>>>Shaw CableSystems G.P.
>>>Tel: +1.403.303.4849
>>>robert.isaac at sjrb.ca
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Mit Rowe [mailto:hostmaster at ca.freebsd.org]
>>>Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:47 PM
>>>To: Robert Isaac
>>>Cc: hostmaster at ca.freebsd.org; doc at freebsad.org
>>>Subject: Re: Mirror Site Addition
>>>
>>>Hello, Robert!
>>>
>>>First, let me thank you and your sponsors for dedicating your
>>>resources  to FreeBSD! It is much appreciated.
>>>
>>>Your first step in getting listed is to be added to the ca.freebsd.org
>>> subdomain, for which you've come to the right place: I've confirmed
>>>your  sites work and have added your site as aliases of
>>>www2.ca.freebsd.org   and ftp3.ca.freebsd.org.
>>><ftp://mirror.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/FreeBSD>
>>>
>>>The second step - to get listed in the directory - i'm actually not
>>>quite sure the specific person... probably the best bet is to ask
>>>doc at freebsd.org who maintain the FreeBSD documentation and whom i've
>>>cc'd on this email.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Mit Rowe
>>>hostmaster at ca.freebsd.org
>>>
>>>PS: by any chance are you interested in also doing a cvsup mirror? We
>>>don't have one in canada yet....
>>>
>>>
>>>Robert Isaac wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Would you be able to direct me to the appropriate person to have a
>>>>mirror site listed on the FreeBSD website?  The site is
>>>>http://freebsd.arcticnetwork.ca <http://freebsd.arcticnetwork.ca/>
>>>>(ftp://mirror.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/FreeBSD).  It is (silently)
>>>>sponsored by Shaw CableSystems, a major Canadian ISP as you are
>>>>likely  aware.  We are currently in the process of mirroring several
>>>>open  source OS projects, and since the servers run FreeBSD, we
>>>>thought a  mirror would be very appropriate!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Robert
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Robert Isaac
>>>>Network Specialist Team Lead
>>>>Shaw CableSystems G.P.
>>>>Tel: +1.403.303.4849
>>>>robert.isaac at sjrb.ca
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Regards,
Rasmus