> On 20 December 2011 16:58, Timothy Pearson
> <kb9vqf@...>wrote:
>
>> > FYI the TDE mirror system is down due to permanent uidaho mirror
>> server
>> > failure and secondary mirror server misconfiguration.
>> >
>> > Details here: http://trinity-announce.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::16
>> >
>> > I am working to resolve this issue, however given the limited upload
>> > bandwidth of the TDE servers and lack of donations it may be several
>> weeks
>> > before service is 100% restored.
>> >
>> > Note that all non-mirrored TDE services, such as the website, mailing
>> > lists, GIT, Wiki, and bugtracker will all continue to function
>> normally.
>> > This failure affects mirrored source tarballs and binary packages
>> ONLY.
>> >
>> > Tim
>>
>> To make matters worse the secondary mirror at mirror.tokra.lv was taken
>> offline some time ago without my knowledge.  The maintainer of that
>> mirror
>> silently redirected all access to uidaho, so my automated checks did not
>> detect a problem until today.  That mirror maintainer does not want to
>> reactivate his mirror, so the TDE binary/source archive mirror system
>> will
>> stay down until new mirrors can be brought up from scratch.
>>
>> I am looking into a number of the suggestions given in this thread.  I
>> also have received mirror offers from several individuals, which are
>> greatly appreciated!  At this point it looks like any delay will be due
>> to
>> the limited TDE project bandwidth combined with the sheer size of the
>> TDE
>> source/binary archive.
>>
>> Further updates will be forthcoming as events warrant.  Thank you all
>> for
>> your patience!
>>
>> Tim
>>
>
>
> Even more reason to switch to xz packages :)
>

Not trivial I'm afraid.  The majority of the mirror archive is consumed in
binary packages, which must be compressed according to each distribution's
policies.

Tim