Newsgroups: php.internals,php.mirrors Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:104722 php.mirrors:40937 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 1500 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2019 21:11:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO spamfilter01.streamservice.nl) (91.199.167.162) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 14 Mar 2019 21:11:02 -0000 Received: from da01.streamservice.nl (unknown [91.199.167.36]) by spamfilter01.streamservice.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 57EF825FB3; Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:01:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from ip51cd1efc.speed.planet.nl ([81.205.30.252] helo=DESKTOPJTI2E9K) by da01.streamservice.nl with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1h4UfS-0003RA-4P; Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:01:22 +0100 To: "'PHP Developers Mailing List'" , "'PHP Mirrors ML'" References: In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:01:24 +0100 Message-ID: <009f01d4da8f$f023e610$d06bb230$@streamservice.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQIY9czapWkDrDTe1OBnOFGK6VtbFAME1jvUpWsNeYA= Content-Language: en-us Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Retiring PHP's Mirror Program From: mark@streamservice.nl ("Mark Scholten") 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:levim@php.net] > 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 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/ > > > > -- > > https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io > > Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: https://xdebug.org/donate.php, > > or become my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/derickr > > twitter: @derickr and @xdebug > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php