[mirror-admin] Fw: Fedora 8 and 9 updates status: ~200GB hitting the mirrors

[Matt Domsch]

extras/ is being moved off the master mirrors right now as well, to
make additional space.
-Matt

On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 11:34:59AM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
> Heads Up.  ~200GB of new content is about to hit the master mirrors.
> This is all the packages of Fedora 8 and Fedora 9 (but not the ISOs),
> for the release/[89] and updates/[89] trees, re-signed.
> 
> To make space, all test releases earlier than 10-Alpha have been
> removed, as have all Fedora Core (<= 6) content.
> 
> If for some reason you want to exclude the newly-arriving re-signed
> content, you should add an exclude on *.newkey/.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt
> 
> 
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> 
> From: Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com>
> To: fedora-devel-announce at redhat.com, fedora-announce-list at redhat.com
> Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:09:10 -0700
> Cc: 
> Subject: Fedora 8 and 9 updates status
> Reply-To: fedora-devel-list at redhat.com
> 
> As you well know, we have been working hard to get updates for 8 and 9
> flowing again, complete with new package signing keys.  Discussion has
> been somewhat quiet on this front as we've all had our heads down and
> have been working hard toward a solution, one that involves little to no
> manual effort on behalf of our users.
> 
> Today we've reached a major milestone in this progress.  We have done a
> successful compose of all the existing and as of yesterday pending
> updates for Fedora 8 and Fedora 9, all signed with our new keys.  These
> updates will soon hit mirrors in a new set of directory locations.  What
> we don't have quite yet is the updated fedora-release package in the old
> updates location that will get you the new keys and the new repo
> locations.  The last mile testing of this update requires that new
> updates be live on the mirrors.
> 
> Due to the size of the resigned updates, it may take a good while for
> our sync process.  This may delay getting the new fedora-release out
> until tomorrow, but we'll be working hard on it.
> 
> While we're working on this update, we'll also be drafting a FAQ page to
> explain to users what it is that we're doing, and hopefully answer some
> of the questions that will come up.  This document will be living
> though, and as you encounter questions yourself, or questions via one of
> our many avenues of support (email, IRC, forums, LUGS, etc..) please
> help us in growing that document.  Announcements regarding the location
> of said document and how to help with content will be coming shortly.
> 
> We deeply appreciate the enormous magnitude of patience you the greater
> community has shown us the Fedora project as we work though these
> serious issues.  It is a great testament to how wonderful it is to work
> in and with the Fedora community.
> 
> -- 
> Jesse Keating
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> Matt Domsch
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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux

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