Any alternate download sites for speakup ftp?

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Sina:

I don't think there's much to coordinate. That's the beauty of it.

My advice is to simply run a weekly rsync via cron--something like:

rsync -avtz --delete bumpy.braille.uwo.ca::ftp/speakup/disks/* \
[mirror.directory]

The only refinement I can think of that would probably be helpful is to
close the directory before doing the rsync to insure that no files are
locked by someone's download while the rsync is in process. I confess I
don't know if this is really an issue, but I'd want to make sure that it
isn't--or just deal with it, perhaps by chmod the tree against reads for
the duration.

Sina Bahram writes:
> Sounds like a plan ... I'll be letting you all know later this afternoon:
> I've got my fingers crossed, and I think it'll go through: if it does,
> Janina: are you, Kirk, and Bill the ones I need to coordinate with?
> 
>  Take care,
> Sina
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:31 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Any alternate download sites for speakup ftp?
> 
> Good to have this update, Sina. I'm also working on a potential mirror with
> big pipes in Canada.
> 
> Sina Bahram writes:
> > I'm working on trying to get a mirror set up at NC State ... I'll be 
> > double checking on that tomorrow.
> > 
> > I also wouldn't be adverse to offering myself a simple taurant ceeder; 
> > however, I would have to download the latest images from someone ... 
> > My bandwidth recently increased, so my down is now 5 mb/s: pittiful 
> > compared to the university, but not bad for home use. I believe my 
> > upload is still around 512 killibits at best, more like only 320 on 
> > average, which translates into around 40 to 45kb/s
> > 
> > Take care,
> > Sina
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
> > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> > On Behalf Of Al Puzzuoli
> > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:22 PM
> > To: Speakup List
> > Subject: Any alternate download sites for speakup ftp?
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm in the process of attempting to download the Speakup modified 
> > version of Heidelberg from www.linux-speakup.org  For some reason, the 
> > speakup ftp server is severely slow.  I am using broadband, Comcast to 
> > be exact, and each disk is taking 15 to 20 hours to complete.
> > Is there any alternate way to get these files, either from another 
> > server, a torrent, etc?
> > 
> > Thanks for any info,
> > 
> > --Al
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> > 
> > 
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> 
> Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
> 
> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
> janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org
> 
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org

If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.