Probably more than a bit. <grin> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...> wrote: > > > On 20 December 2011 18:46, Keith Daniels <keithwdaniels@...> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On 20 December 2011 18:08, Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@...> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > Of course but after Arch Linux switched to xz I was mightily impressed. >> > I >> > wonder what policies exist. >> >> I'm still trying to understand Arch's packaging system so I might have >> misinterpreted your comment. >> >> Are you thinking that you could make different PKGBUILD files for the >> different distros and use the same source code for all distros. >> >> Since PKGBUILDs are scripts you should even be able to add scripts >> that alter the source code as needed for specific distros prior to >> building. >> > PKGBUILDs only work for arch linux :) > > I think you're just a bit confused on this. we all do use the same source > however