Both Portuguese mirrors (http and ftp) are down for quite some time now. In this country, this factor is quite of a big issue, due to the fact that 90% of the cable modem users have limited international traffic, thus the importance of having a national mirror. Thanks in advance, Pedro
Can you be more specific? I just went to darkstar.ist.utl.pt/gentoo and it seems to be working, although slowly. The last sync seems to have been "Sun, 02 Nov 2003 02:55:00 +0000". While it is about a day old, it certainly isn't down.
It has been up and down randomly during the whole day, and sometimes the FTP also rejects passive mode. I'm just trying to access it with the source being 3 different machines on 3 different countries to test (Portugal, USA and Sweden), and i had no luck.
As this issue wasn't solved, i will stop using Gentoo at work, and I will "spread the word" as its not properly mirrored in this country. I know at least 3 individuals and around 6 companies that WILL stop using it.
changing status to "CANTFIX".
We rely upon our user community for rsync and source mirrors. We do not have the funds or manpower to run them all ourselves. What you could do to help both yourself as well as all other Portuguese users is to ask around and see if you can find another donor willing to sponsor a mirror for Gentoo. I appreciate your frustration with not finding a more reliable local mirror. However, solving that particular problem is largely out of our control. We would very much welcome your help in solving this issue.
Reopening, mirror still having problems.
Agreed that the mirror appears to be unresponsive. I would be interested in understanding whether or not the original bug reporter is willing to help us resolve this problem.
Checked the .pt mirror this morning and it appears to be back up and functioning. Last sync was just a few hours ago. Given that the original bug reporter has not responded to our requests for assistance, I'm assuming that he is unwilling/unable to help. Therefore, I will close this bug as fixed, even though the larger problem remains.
