RE: [PHP-DEV] Retiring PHP's Mirror Program

Hello,

A timeline would be nice and information on if locally mirroring it (on =
an internal hostname) will still be possible.

Also it would be nice to know if you will be contacting the rsync mirror =
maintainers and what you want to do with them.

I've said before and I will repeat again: let me know where I can help =
and if possible I will.

Kind regards,

Mark Scholten

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Levi Morrison [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 16:37
> To: Derick Rethans
> Cc: PHP Developers Mailing List; PHP Mirrors ML
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Retiring PHP's Mirror Program
>=20
> Any update on this? One commonly requested feature on the downloads
> page can be implemented once the mirrors are gone, which is to
> directly link to to the file (instead of a Choose a Mirror page).
>=20
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 9:28 AM Derick Rethans <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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!).
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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!
> >
> > cheers,
> > Derick
> >
> > .. _mirrors: http://php.net/mirrors.php
> > .. _tarballs: http://uk3.php.net/downloads.php
> > .. _Myra: https://myracloud.com/en/
> >
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