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From: Kevin McCarthy <me@kevinmccarthy.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Information about adding a new mirror is outdated / nonfunctional
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>Number:         132718
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [handbook] Information about adding a new mirror is outdated / nonfunctional
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       handbook
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar 17 04:50:01 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:    Sat Dec 21 18:50:13 UTC 2013
>Last-Modified:  Sat Dec 21 18:50:13 UTC 2013
>Originator:     Kevin McCarthy
>Release:        current
>Organization:
Hawaii Open Source Foundation
>Environment:
N/A
>Description:
The FreeBSD handbook section 5.2 - "How to become official then?" states the following:

>How-To-Repeat:
1. Create a new FreeBSD mirror
2. Read the documentation on http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/hubs/mirror-official.html
3. Follow the instructions.  Observe lack of response.

 >If everything works so far, contact the DNS administrator responsible for your region/country, and ask
 >for a DNS entry for your site. The admin should able to be contacted via <hostmaster@CC.FreeBSD.org>, 
 >where CC is your country code/TLD. Your DNS entry will be as described in Section 4.1.
 
 >If there is no subdomain set up for your country yet, you should contact <mirror-admin@FreeBSD.org>, 
 >or you can try the FreeBSD mirror sites mailing lists first.
 
 >Whoever helps you get an official name should send email to <mirror-admin@FreeBSD.org> so your site 
 >will be added to the mirror list in the FreeBSD Handbook.
 
 I have created a new mirror and have attempted to go through this process.  The following are the email addresses I have tried to get my new mirror added:
 
 1. mirror-admin@US.FreeBSD.org
 2. mirror-admin@FreeBSD.org
 3. hubs@FreeBSD.org
 4. hostmaster@FreeBSD.org - the following was returned as a bounce:
 
 >This is a canned auto-reply to your recent email to hostmaster@freebsd.org.
 
 >Your message has NOT been read by a human.  If you need human
 >assistance, use the following @freebsd.org addresses:
 
 >questions@    (problems finding, downloading or installing freebsd)
 >ftpadm@       (regarding the contents of the ftp mirrors - corrupt files etc)
 >hubs@         (dealing with mirrors, corrupt files on mirrors, etc)
 >dnsadm@       (specific dns zone change instructions)
 >ftp-master@   (access to ftp-master.*.freebsd.org)
 
 I then attempted the following email addresses:
 
 5. hubs@FreeBSD.org
 6. dnsadm@FreeBSD.org
 
 None of these emails were answered at all.  I also sent an email to
 
 7. freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.org (mailing list), which did get a response from another member of the list recommending I read the FreeBSD handbook procedure.  I explained my previous attempts but didn't get any responses.
 
 Also I tried the IRC channel a few times.  What is the correct procedure for getting a new mirror added?  This process is too difficult and will discourage bandwidth donators.
 
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-doc 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Mar 17 05:02:39 UTC 2009 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
reassign. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=132718 

From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>
To: Kevin McCarthy <me@kevinmccarthy.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/132718: Information about adding a new mirror is outdated / 
	nonfunctional
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:16:34 -0700

 I'm not sure, but maybe cluster-adm@ is a good alias to try :\?
 -Garrett

From: Kevin McCarthy <me@kevinmccarthy.org>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, me@kevinmccarthy.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/132718: [handbook] Information about adding a new mirror is 
	outdated / nonfunctional
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:53:13 -1000

 I gave cluster-adm@ a try and it bounced :(
 
 > Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.1.1 <cluster-adm@freebsd.org>: Recipient address
 > rejected: User unknown in local recipient table
 
 Any other ideas?

From: Kevin McCarthy <me@kevinmccarthy.org>
To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, me@kevinmccarthy.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/132718: [handbook] Information about adding a new mirror is 
	outdated / nonfunctional
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:56:10 -1000

 Oh, and I meant to say I have tried hostmaster@US.FreeBSD.org instead
 of mirror-admin@US.FreeBSD.org.

From: Kevin McCarthy <me@kevinmccarthy.org>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, me@kevinmccarthy.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/132718: [handbook] Information about adding a new mirror is 
	outdated / nonfunctional
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:25:59 -1000

 clusteradm@FreeBSD.org also seems to have been ignored.
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: crees 
State-Changed-When: Sat Dec 21 18:50:13 UTC 2013 
State-Changed-Why:  
I'm sorry your offer to donate bandwidth fell by the wayside.  The docs 
to which you refer have been updated to show that new mirrors are not 
currently sought.  Thanks again for your offer! 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=132718 
>Unformatted:
