docs/98737: diff for mirrors.xml (add new ukrainian mirrors and remove broken)

[Alex Samorukov]

The following reply was made to PR docs/98737; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alex Samorukov <samm at os2.kiev.ua>
To: Maxim Konovalov <maxim at macomnet.ru>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/98737: diff for mirrors.xml (add new ukrainian mirrors and
 remove broken)
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:51:11 +0300

 Maxim Konovalov wrote:
 > On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, 14:28+0300, Alex Samorukov wrote:
 >
 >   
 >> Maxim Konovalov wrote:
 >>     
 >>> Hi,
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>       
 >>>>> Description:
 >>>>>
 >>>>>           
 >>>> This patch will:
 >>>> 1) Add http proto to some mirrors with active web servers
 >>>> 2) Remove broken ftp3 and ftp5 from mirrors list
 >>>> 3) add ftp9-ftp11 mirrors
 >>>>
 >>>>         
 >>> [...]
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>       
 >>>> --- mirrors.xml.orig	Fri Jun  9 08:55:06 2006
 >>>> +++ mirrors.xml	Fri Jun  9 08:54:46 2006
 >>>> @@ -2004,21 +2004,13 @@
 >>>>      <host type="ftp">
 >>>>        <name>ftp.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 >>>>        <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>> +      <url proto="http">http://ftp.ua.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>>      </host>
 >>>>
 >>>>      <host type="ftp">
 >>>>        <name>ftp2.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 >>>>        <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp2.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>> -    </host>
 >>>> -
 >>>> -    <host type="ftp">
 >>>> -      <name>ftp3.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 >>>> -      <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp3.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>> -    </host>
 >>>> -
 >>>> -    <host type="ftp">
 >>>> -      <name>ftp5.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 >>>> -      <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp5.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>> +      <url proto="http">http://ftp2.ua.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>>      </host>
 >>>>
 >>>>      <host type="ftp">
 >>>> @@ -2034,6 +2026,24 @@
 >>>>      <host type="ftp">
 >>>>        <name>ftp8.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 >>>>        <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp8.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>> +      <url proto="http">http://ftp8.ua.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>> +    </host>
 >>>> +
 >>>> +    <host type="ftp">
 >>>> +      <name>ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 >>>> +      <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>> +      <url proto="http">http://ftp9.ua.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>> +    </host>
 >>>> +
 >>>> +    <host type="ftp">
 >>>> +      <name>ftp10.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 >>>> +      <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp10.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>> +      <url proto="http">http://ftp10.ua.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 >>>> +    </host>
 >>>>
 >>>>         
 >>> It seems ftp6, ftp9 and ftp10 carry a very limited subtree of the
 >>> official FreeBSD ftp tree.
 >>>
 >>> ftp9 doesn't have working http access:
 >>>
 >>> $ fetch -o- http://ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
 >>> fetch: http://ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/: Not Found
 >>> $ fetch -o- http://ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/TIMESTAMP
 >>> fetch: http://ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/TIMESTAMP: Not Found
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>       
 >> Please, look more careful at the proposed patch. http url for the
 >> ftp9 mirror is http://ftp9.ua.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/, not
 >> /pub/FreeBSD.
 >>     
 >
 > I can't make it works both ways:
 >
 > http://maxim.int.ru/stuff/ftp9.png
 > http://maxim.int.ru/stuff/ftp9-1.png
 >   
 Please  loot at  my diff try again. The first and the second screenshots 
 refer to the same incorrect url. Correct url is
 http://ftp9.ua.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/ .
 
 > Why put them to the mirror list then?
 >
 >   
 Why not? User can list them and than make a choice.
 
 -- 
 Best regards,
 Alex Samorukov, SAMM1-RIPE
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