Re: Mirrors that don't suck. - Mailing list pgsql-general
From | Brian Hirt |
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Subject | Re: Mirrors that don't suck. |
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Msg-id | BBFB7D47-3580-11D8-BA0D-000393D9FD00@mobygames.com Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Mirrors that don't suck. (Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>) |
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Re: Mirrors that don't suck.
("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Re: [webmaster] Mirrors that don't suck. ("Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>) |
List | pgsql-general |
I've run into problems with some of the mirrors being consistently unavailable and really slow to download 4k/sec on a lot of them. ftp://ftp9.us.postgresql.org/pub/mirrors seems to work great all the time. Now I hope this doesn't come across as complaining, because the reason for this email is a question. What type bandwidth can you expect to use if you become a mirror (1meg/sec? more less?) Also are http mirrors acceptable? I would like to offer up one of our servers on mobygames.com because I love postgresql and it would be a way to help out a bit, but I don't really know enough about the requirements right now. Who should i talk to? However, there are already 7 US mirrors. On Dec 23, 2003, at 12:17 PM, Robert Treat wrote: > On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 13:39, Dan Vande More wrote: >> Hey list, I'm just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction >> of a mirror that doesn't suck. >> >> I generally don't do alot with postgres other than downloading and >> installing the newest releases. >> Everytime there is a release, it takes forever for it to show up on >> an ftp server. >> This is in the case that the ftp server even works. Now in a case >> where one likes to browse with the browser of their choice, it >> totally blows because it's _so_ slow. >> >> So is there maybe an http download somewhere? Or an FTP site that >> doesn't give me an "directory doesn't exist" error, or one that has >> more than 15k available, or one that maybe has the newest >> releases(7.4.1)? All of those would be perfect... >> >> Dan > > So this is how not to write an email asking people for help, seriously. > I just checked the first 5 mirror sites on the ftp mirrors page and > everyone of them had the latest code under pub/source/v7.4.1/ (or > something similar). What might have been a more helpful email would be > to point out that the ftp site are still showing 7.4.0 in the main > directory and the directory for latest is also pointing to 7.4.0, both > should be updated to 7.4.1. You might have also included a list of the > mirror sites you were having trouble with so problems with those sites > could be tracked down easier. You might also want to CC > webmaster@postgresql.org as well as posting to the -general list. > > Oh, and for future reference you can download via http at > http://developer.postgresql.org/ftpsite/, and also at the sourceforge > site http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgsql/ (though I hesitate to > mention it because I haven't uploaded 7.4.1 there quite yet...) > > I hope this helps. > > Robert Treat > -- > Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
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