Re: [support.osuosl.org #16058] torrent.gnome.org down

[Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>]

I'd like to see us find a use for it - it was generous of them to host
it and they have gobs of bandwidth.

Paul

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Christer Edwards
<christer edwards gmail com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Jeff Schroeder
> <jeffschroeder computer org> wrote:
>> Most of our users get GNOME from their distributions. Users don't
>> generally play with jhbuild unless they are more advanced or
>> developers (someone correct me if this is wrong). I never saw the
>> utility of a dedicated gnome torrent. Just my 2c.
>>
>> If it isn't actually used, lets axe it.
>
> I agree that it wasn't much use for what it was previously provisioned
> for, but can we use it for something else? If we can rebuild it for
> something else, why not take advantage of access to a machine? Maybe a
> mirror of some static web content (round-robin DNS managed perhaps),
> or another build server, or..
>
> I just don't know how I feel about axing a machine at the same time
> that we're trying to buy a new one (granted the two aren't comparable
> in hardware, it's still a machine..)
>
> Christer
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