That being the case (and hopefully it is) then this whole question of release timing and spacing the release to the mirrors shouldn't matter. when they're done, release them. <div><br></div><div>And while I agree this is more appropriate for the mirrors list, being the original question here was about release timing, whether to delay 6 release for a few extra days to let the mirrors settle, I understand it being initially raised here as well. </div>
<div><br></div><div>zeb</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Jeff Sheltren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeff@osuosl.org">jeff@osuosl.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Zeb Palmer <<a href="mailto:zeb@zebpalmer.com">zeb@zebpalmer.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> You may also consider doing what I believe has been done on this project<br>
> once or twice before. (maybe it was a different project, its been a while)<br>
> When the iso is ready, put the torrent(s) out with only a 95% seed. I can<br>
> seed 20Mbs 24/365 and as shown already, many of us have this kind of<br>
> bandwidth to share. If 5.6 and 6 are done at the same time get 5.6 on the<br>
> mirror and start seeding 6, doing this would encourage people to use the<br>
> torrent to get it as early as possible and since it can't 100% done yet,<br>
> many would end up seeding longer than usual waiting for the other 5%. This<br>
> would take a lot of load off the mirrors and when you are happy with the<br>
> mirrors, release the other 5% of the seed and put the isos on the mirrors.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Perhaps this whole conversation is better suited to the centos-mirrors<br>
list. I'm cross-posting there in hopes of moving any further mirror<br>
discussions off of -devel.<br>
<br>
Personally, I think the mirror infrastructure in place is more than<br>
sufficient for releases and there's no need to complicate things with<br>
seeding torrents (full or partial) before the official release on the<br>
mirrors.<br>
<br>
Do people have problems with slow downloads just after a centos<br>
release? I can say our mirrors have always had plenty of bandwidth to<br>
spare during a centos release.<br>
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-Jeff<br>
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