MirBSD and death notice

Alex Strange <[email protected]> Sun, 11 May 2025 19:26:25 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
Message-ID <CAMNArbqOy7nxXvDK+01zejk57vQCQYksjtozRrsNRACqBOwK6g@mail.gmail.com>
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Due to never ever updating my IRC config, I'm the only person left in #fink
on freenode. Which means it oddly falls to me to pass this sad news on.


> 20:44 -!- mirabilos [[email protected]] has joined
> #fink
> 20:44 < mirabilos> =E2=80=A6 huh, am I right here?
> 20:46 < mirabilos> astrange: if you could please forward the following
> information to a suitable place, that would be nice
> 20:46 < mirabilos> 1. some fink packages (at least joe/jupp in editors)
> pull in as distfile a file from MirBSD CVS, with an URL
>                    like www.mirbsd.org/cvs.cgi/~checkout~/=E2=80=A6
> 20:46 < mirabilos> due to AI bots hammering the main server, I had to put
> HTTP Basic Auth on it
> 20:47 < mirabilos> user and password are currently both 'public', or
> change the hostname to mbsd.evolvis.org which is a more
>                    powerful VM that mirrors CVS and can serve the request=
s
> and currently does not have auth required
> 20:47 < mirabilos> 2. Fink contributor gecko2 has been dead for a few
> years, unfortunately, so maybe move him from the =E2=80=9Cregular
>                    contributors=E2=80=9D list to=E2=80=A6 someplace suita=
ble
> 20:48 < mirabilos> he=E2=80=99s been the maintainer for these, but unfort=
unately I
> cannot prod him about this any more; he was a great
>                    friend
> 20:48 < mirabilos> =E2=87=92 thanks!
> 21:52 -!- mirabilos [[email protected]] has quit
> [Ping timeout: 120 seconds]

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Due to never ever updating my IRC config, I&#39;m the=
 only person left in #fink on freenode. Which means it oddly falls to me to=
 pass this sad news on.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-st=
yle:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">20:44 -!- mi=
rabilos [[email protected]] has joined #fink<br>20:44=
 &lt; mirabilos&gt; =E2=80=A6 huh, am I right here?<br>20:46 &lt; mirabilos=
&gt; astrange: if you could please forward the following information to a s=
uitable place, that would be nice<br>20:46 &lt; mirabilos&gt; 1. some fink =
packages (at least joe/jupp in editors) pull in as distfile a file from Mir=
BSD CVS, with an URL<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0like <a href=3D"http://www.mirbsd.org/cvs.cgi/~checkout=
~/">www.mirbsd.org/cvs.cgi/~checkout~/</a>=E2=80=A6<br>20:46 &lt; mirabilos=
&gt; due to AI bots hammering the main server, I had to put HTTP Basic Auth=
 on it<br>20:47 &lt; mirabilos&gt; user and password are currently both &#3=
9;public&#39;, or change the hostname to <a href=3D"http://mbsd.evolvis.org=
">mbsd.evolvis.org</a> which is a more<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0powerful VM that mirrors CVS and can =
serve the requests and currently does not have auth required<br>20:47 &lt; =
mirabilos&gt; 2. Fink contributor gecko2 has been dead for a few years, unf=
ortunately, so maybe move him from the =E2=80=9Cregular<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0contributors=E2=80=
=9D list to=E2=80=A6 someplace suitable<br>20:48 &lt; mirabilos&gt; he=E2=
=80=99s been the maintainer for these, but unfortunately I cannot prod him =
about this any more; he was a great<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0friend<br>20:48 &lt; mirabilos&gt; =E2=87=
=92 thanks!<br>21:52 -!- mirabilos [[email protected]=
] has quit [Ping timeout: 120 seconds]</blockquote></div>

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