[gimp-web] content: update mirror news.
- From: Jehan <jehanp src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-web] content: update mirror news.
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:56:41 +0000 (UTC)
commit 22a32dd6bc96a8fa2eebf62368ae2e7b60243220
Author: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
Date: Wed Sep 29 15:56:16 2021 +0200
content: update mirror news.
.../2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md | 20 +++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
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 cb1bbcdd..fe2be828 100644
--- a/content/news/2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md
@@ -72,18 +72,19 @@ This is the same
[procedure](https://wiki.gnome.org/Infrastructure/Mirrors) as GNOME
mirrors, except you must explicitly ask to be a GIMP mirror:
-- Create a mirror request [on this
- link](https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/Infrastructure/issues/new?issuable_template=new-mirror)
+- Create a mirror request [on the Infrastructure
+ tracker](https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/Infrastructure/issues/new?issuable_template=new-mirror)
- Write in title and introduction that you want to be a mirror for GIMP
in particular
- Add `/cc @Jehan` in the request description or in a comment
-- Fill the relevant fields
+- Fill the relevant fields from the `new-mirror` template
- 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
+- Once we are done verifying your organization, someone will ask you for
+ your public GPG key by email to send you rsync credentials for syncing
+ your mirror
- There is nothing to do in particular to appear on the
[Sponsors](https://www.gimp.org/donating/sponsors.html) page which
will be updated regularly through scripts. Yet it may take a few days
@@ -119,6 +120,10 @@ Listing only GNOME-verified mirrors has the following advantages:
thus **contributing** with the bigger chunk of downloads. It is only
normal for them to be featured prominently.
+More discussions are going on to improve the procedure and mirror
+technology even further by using the *Mirrorbits* software. More on this
+later (and after more extensive testing).
+
**Additionally to mirrors, we would like to thank the GNOME
infrastructure team for their invaluable help!**
@@ -126,7 +131,8 @@ infrastructure team for their invaluable help!**
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/).
+Schumacher](https://testing.gimp.org/news/2017/05/15/an-interview-with-michael-schumacher-gimp-administrator/)
+and [Pat David](https://patdavid.net/).
These recent improvements to the mirror procedure, making it safer for
people downloading GIMP and easier for contributors as well as for
@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ mirror administrators, were done by GIMP maintainer, Jehan of
[*ZeMarmot*](https://film.zemarmot.net/) project. The goal is to
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.
+running regularly 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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