[gimp-web] content: mirror news update.



commit b18908b00217781722bdabd5e906cf39730d02bd
Author: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
Date:   Tue Sep 28 16:46:18 2021 +0200

    content: mirror news update.

 .../2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md   | 30 ++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/content/news/2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md 
b/content/news/2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md
index 3759a7ed..cb1bbcdd 100644
--- a/content/news/2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The current list of official mirrors by alphabetical order:
 - Artfiles New Media GmbH
 - Astra ISP
 - CSC - IT Center for Science / FUNET
+- Cu.be Solutions
 - dogado GmbH
 - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
 - Göttingen University and Max Planck Society
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ The current list of official mirrors by alphabetical order:
 - XMission
 
 The always-updated list is on a dedicated [sponsor page](/donating/sponsors.html).
+Four more mirror requests are being processed at the moment.
 
 💌 **Thanks to all these organizations!**
 
@@ -76,10 +78,10 @@ mirrors, except you must explicitly ask to be a GIMP mirror:
   in particular
 - Add `/cc @Jehan` in the request description or in a comment
 - Fill the relevant fields
-- If you want a specific name and URL to be shown in the mirror sponsor
-  list, please write it explicitly in the report (otherwise we will
-  choose whatever organization name and URL seems the most relevant from
-  what you wrote down)
+- If you want a specific name and URL to be shown in the mirror [sponsor
+  list](/donating/sponsors.html), please write it explicitly in the
+  report (otherwise we will choose whatever organization name and URL
+  seems the most relevant from what you wrote down)
 - Once GNOME is done verifying your organization, they will send you
   rsync credentials for syncing your mirror
 - There is nothing to do in particular to appear on the
@@ -88,8 +90,8 @@ mirrors, except you must explicitly ask to be a GIMP mirror:
   or even weeks at times. So don't worry if your organization name does
   not appear immediately!
 
-🛈 We will check at random intervals that mirrors are updated quickly
-enough and that the data match for obvious security reasons.
+🛈 We programmatically check at random intervals that mirrors are updated
+quickly enough and that the data match for obvious security reasons.
 
 # Technicalities
 
@@ -111,11 +113,11 @@ Listing only GNOME-verified mirrors has the following advantages:
 - Mirrors get rsync credentials, enabling **faster** updates (instead of
   through third-parties which may themselves sync from other third
   parties, hence avoiding several-day delays).
-- Our team has an accurate list to check when we want to do **security**
-  checks for file presence and identity.
+- Our team has an accurate list of mirrors for **security** checks of
+  file presence and authenticity.
 - Only verified mirrors are added in the download rotation settings,
   thus **contributing** with the bigger chunk of downloads. It is only
-  normal for them to be featured more prominently.
+  normal for them to be featured prominently.
 
 **Additionally to mirrors, we would like to thank the GNOME
 infrastructure team for their invaluable help!**
@@ -126,13 +128,13 @@ The work on mirrors was a long run backgroung job which was improved by
 various people, notably [Michael
 
Schumacher](https://testing.gimp.org/news/2017/05/15/an-interview-with-michael-schumacher-gimp-administrator/).
 
-These recent improvements to improve the mirror procedure, making it safer
-for people downloading GIMP and easier for contributors as well as for
+These recent improvements to the mirror procedure, making it safer for
+people downloading GIMP and easier for contributors as well as for
 mirror administrators, were done by GIMP maintainer, Jehan of
 [*ZeMarmot*](https://film.zemarmot.net/) project. The goal is to
-automatize as much as possible the process to make our list of mirrors
-always up-to-date, but also to verify the mirrors are safe by adding
-verification scripts.
+simplify and automatize as much as possible the process to make our list
+of mirrors always up-to-date, but also to verify the mirrors are safe by
+adding data integrity verification scripts.
 We remind that you are [encouraged to crowdfund *ZeMarmot* for
 their continuous GIMP
 improvement](https://www.gimp.org/news/2021/07/27/support-gimp-developers-sustainable-development/).


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