Re: Retiring PHP's Mirror Program

I think it is a smart move and the question is not =E2=80=9Ewhy=E2=80=9D but=
 =E2=80=9Ewhy so late=E2=80=9D. There are more pros than cons over it.

But please let us still mirror php.net. I remember starting the mirror not b=
ecause of fame of being national mirror but... because php.net was down for a=
 day and our php programers had a problem :)

Any way, please keep in mind that you can still count on us in terms of infr=
astructure (vps/band/etc).

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> Wiadomo=C5=9B=C4=87 napisana przez Bhavin Chandarana - IndiaLinks <webmast=
[email protected]> w dniu 27.02.2019, o godz. 18:30:
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> Its sad to see that mirror program is being discontinued. =20
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> It has been our honour to be part of PHP network and community.
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> Technology has indeed advanced. Every country has better internet infrastr=
ucture and bandwidth.  CDN of course, does the magic :)
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> I will be glad to provide any assistance anytime, if required.
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> Best wishes...
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> Bhavin Chandarana
> IndiaLinks Web Hosting Pvt Ltd
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>> On 27-Feb-2019, at 9:57 PM, Derick Rethans <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hi!
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>> The PHP.net website has in the last 20 years made use of an extensive
>> network of mirrors_ to make the PHP documentation available, and
>> distribute source tarballs_. These mirrors have been maintained by
>> members and companies in the PHP eco-system for many valuable years.
>> However, the administration of the mirror system is often haphazard,
>> with few contributors helping out=E2=80=94PHP is Open Source, and this is=
 simply
>> how these things can go.
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>> Maintaining the mirrors is now no longer sustainable, and also hinders
>> the take up of moving the PHP.net website fully to HTTPS. Because the
>> PHP.net team has no access to the mirror servers, we also can't make
>> sure the mirrors are up-to-date, and some mirrors are still running PHP
>> 5.3 (actually, about 25% still run PHP 5.3!).
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>> It is likely no longer necessary to have a mirror system in place, as
>> unlike 20 years ago, it is not nearly has hard as setting up a
>> distributed cache system. As a matter of fact, some of the PHP.net web
>> site, through http://www.php.net/, already sits behind a Content
>> Delivery Network (CDN) from Myra_, which is sponsored by long time PHP
>> contributor Sascha Schumann.
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>> With these preliminaries out of the way, I would therefore like to
>> announce the discontinuation of PHP.net's mirroring program. Instead of
>> having mirrors, we are moving all of PHP.net to HTTPS (and get rid of
>> https://secure.php.net), and move them behind Myra's CDN, with the same
>> local content delivery opportunities, but at significantly less
>> administration requirements.
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>> In the next week or so, I will e-mail out a plan on which steps are
>> necessary for this move. I'd be happy to hear any comments on when the
>> plan comes out.
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>> To end this email, I would very much like to thank all the mirror
>> maintainers for their dedication, time, and bandwidth over all these
>> years. Thanks!
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>> cheers,
>> Derick
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>> .. _mirrors: http://php.net/mirrors.php
>> .. _tarballs: http://uk3.php.net/downloads.php
>> .. _Myra: https://myracloud.com/en/
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