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On 2016-05-12 12:57 PM, Jeremy Stanley wrote:
> On 2016-05-12 11:47:57 -0400 (-0400), Mathieu Mitchell wrote:
> [...]
>> We would like to officially request a mirror for Tiny Core Linux.
>
> The other mirrors which we're operating came into existence because
> interested stakeholders did the work to implement them within the
> frameworks we have available (or extended them where required), not
> simply because someone came to the infra team and requested to have
> them.
>

Understood, and quite logical.

>> They currently has a network of mirrors [3], so it should be
>> possible to host a mirror. Going forward with this proposal should
>> resolve our initial concern.
> [...]
>
> We wouldn't run a public mirror anyway, it would be a network of
> private mirrors distributed throughout our various CI environments
> so as to be located as close as possible to our job workers.
> Basically a CDN implemented via an AFS cache with Apache running in
> front of it.

That would be perfect for our needs.

>
> I browsed around on the TCL site briefly but didn't see where they
> had any instructions on recommended mirroring mechanisms. Different
> distros update their package repositories in different ways and the
> mechanisms used to sync one are not necessarily safe for another, so
> you would at a minimum want to find out a lot more about how it's
> supposed to be mirrored before embarking on a quest to design and
> implement one within our infrastructure.
>

I put up a commit for review [0] that sets up a TinyCoreLinux rsync.
Next step would be to point our build to the right URL

Thank you,
Mathieu

[0] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/325981/