Mirror site appreciation day - June 20, 2006 !
I’m declaring tomorrow, June 20 as “Mirror Site Appreciation” day. Why?
- Mirror sites provide valuable resources (bandwidth, servers, SysAdmins) for the entire community. Without them, getting Eclipse would be infinitely harder, so I thought that their precious contributions should be acknowledged in a special way.
- I need to test our servers and infrastructure to make sure they are ready for the Callisto onslaught next week.
To accomplish both goals, we will (attempt) to handle *all* of our download traffic for the entire day (why do I do this to myself???). As I understand it, this hasn’t been attempted since the late Eclipse 2.x releases, back in the days when Eclipse didn’t have any mirrors at all.
Oh, and I reserve the right to chicken-out of this insanity at any time during the day if I feel we can’t handle it. Happy downloading!
Posted June 19th, 2006 by Denis Roy in category: Uncategorized
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Ryan Lowe Says:
June 19th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
Hey Denis, I’m enjoying your blog posts! It’s an interesting perspective.
Has interacting with the community with a blog had a positive impact for you, or is it just as effective communication channel as bugzilla reports? After blogging for a few months, do you personally think it’s worth the time?
Good luck getting through Callisto! It looks like you’re well prepared, but I FedEx’d you a case of very strong coffee.
Denis Roy Says:
June 19th, 2006 at 9:39 pm
Thanks for the feedback, Ryan. I do enjoy blogging, and I think it’s well worth the time.
While Bugzilla is a great tool for communication, blogging gives me the chance to initiate the interaction, be it to inform, sollicit feedback, rant or propose change.
Thanks for the strong coffee, I’ll need all the caffeine I can get!