Re: Moving to Github ... ?

On Fri, 08 May 2026 16:05:28 +1000
Alexis via busybox <[email protected]> wrote:

> tito via busybox <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > this new github repository is not as useful as the original 
> > busybox one,
> > if int the master branch you click on the commits link to see 
> > the list
> > of commits you get this error message:
> >
> > Too many requests
> >
> > You have exceeded a secondary rate limit.
> 
> This might just have been a temporary artifact of the link being 
> posted on this list and causing a sudden and significant surge of 
> people trying to access the repo at the same time; this can look 
> like the start of a DDoS[a]. i just accessed that repo now without 
> issues, and without being signed in to GitHub. i'd be interested 
> to know if it's still inaccessible to you.
> 
> 
> Alexis.
> 
> [a] Cf. the "Slashdot effect", which i've seen used to describe 
> both sudden significant surges of traffic to small Web sites and 
> to Web sites more generally.

Yes it is at https://github.com/vda-linux/busybox_mirror/commits/master/

Too many requests

You have exceeded a secondary rate limit.

Ciao,
Tito