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2024-05-22 |
Arch community discusses mirror requirements |
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The Arch Linux team have posted new requirements for community-run package mirrors. Some of the outlined requirements concern uptime, monitoring of issue trackers, rules for methods for contacting the mirror maintainers, security, and available bandwidth. Several mirror maintainers have responded, pointing out problems with the requirements which would make maintaining an Arch mirror impractical: "We appreciate the effort to standardize mirror management in the Arch Linux community through an RFC. However, this RFC fails to address critical issues in the current situation. It introduces major inconveniences or even inabilities for existing mirrors to comply with. We, as mirror administrators and maintainers, unanimously present our views as follows...." Key concerns include nearly uninterrupted uptime, unlimited bandwidth, fast response times form volunteers, and unlimited parallel client connections. |
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