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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Retiring PHP's Mirror Program
From: levim@php.net (Levi Morrison)

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).

On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 9:28 AM Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> 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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