> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:scrappy@postgresql.org]
> Sent: 23 December 2003 20:48
> To: Joshua D. Drake
> Cc: Marc G. Fournier; Brian Hirt; Robert Treat;
> webmaster@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Dan Vande More
> Subject: Re: [webmaster] [GENERAL] Mirrors that don't suck.
>
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> > I just tried :
> >
> > ftp6.us.postgresql.org
> >
> > Which doesn't even have PostgreSQL on it ;) It is the home
> of opennms
> > (at least to some degree).
>
> If it doesn't have PostgreSQL on it, why is it listed as one? :)
Ftp6.us is not currently listed on the website because it hasn't synced
up in about 12 months. Guessing the numbers is not a good idea because
at any given time something like 50% of the mirrors are out of date and
therefore automatically removed from the published list. Their DNS
entries are not removed however as that would just cause all sorts of
fun due to the propagation time/ttl value.
In response to a earlier comment on the 'freshness' of the mirrors, the
system tracks which mirrors sync up and when, and lists only those that
have synced within the last 48 hours +/- a few hours for reasons I won't
bore you all with.
For those that are interested, there are over 225 mirrors currently in
the system, all provided by volunteers. There will often be an error on
at least one of them (or on the net between any given client and a
mirror) and unfortunately we cannot easily detect such problems. We do
remain grateful to those that donate their time and resources to provide
a mirror though.
Regards, Dave.