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[eclipse.org-committers] Quick update - Update Sites, Large Files
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In this issue:
1. More bandwidth!
2. Running an Update Site
3. Howto: Large files on the webserver
1. More bandwidth!
We've added 10 Mbps to our permanent bandwidth. We are no longer under
constant saturation.
You can use https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=109406 to
comment on the speed of our site
2. Running an Update Site
Projects hosting an Update Site should start using mirrors by adding the
<site mirrorsURL /> tag to their site.xml
Please read bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=99412#c8
to see how this can be done.
3. Howto: Large files on the webserver
A few folks have asked me about hosting large files on their CVS-enabled
website. Here are some guidelines (these are also outlined in Committer
Tools/How Do I?)
My definition of a large file:
- Files smaller than 400K are always small. Do as you please.
- Files 400K - 1M are small if you don't change them often, otherwise
they are large
- Files 1M+ are large
- Small files should be hosted in your CVS-enabled website on
www.eclipse.org
- Large files should be hosted in the downloads area, so we can offload
bandwidth to mirrors - this includes screencasts, demos, PDF's, zips, etc.
If you want to link to a file in the downloads area, but you don't want
to burden the users by forcing them to pick a mirror, add the &r=1
parameter to the URL when using the Find A Mirror script. A random
mirror will be transparently picked. When I get some time I'll modify
the Find A Mirror script to be more intelligent in its mirror selection
rather than just pick at random.
Thanks for your usual co-operation!
Denis
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