Coordinating and distributing the release

[Alexandr Kovalenko]

Hello, Scott Long!

On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 08:47:30AM -0600, you wrote:

> After 5.0 we discussed ways to coordinate the release so that iso images
> could fully propogate to the mirrors before before they were available
> to the public.  However, I'm not sure if a decision was ever made.  Is
> this still a reasonable goal?  Can it be done using unix file
> permissions?  If so, how do we propagate out the file permission change
> quickly?

It is very good idea, because I've tired of /. ppl, who shoult that
x.y-RELEASE is out, when it is actually not.

> Another idea that came to mind in talking with others is investigating
> using BitTorrent to augment the distribution of iso images.  For those
> not familiar, it's a distributed file sharing protocol that specializes
> in balancing loads between every node so that everyone who is
> downloading also contributes upload bandwidth to others.  

And what should do people on 1. slow; 2. _expensive_ overseas links?...

> It seems to be
> catching on quite quickly with the linux iso people since it has a net
> effect of reducing bandwidth load on the primary mirrors.  For those
> that are interested, go to http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/index.html

And also what about secondary mirrors? Looks like only primary mirrors
will be able to sync.

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