Re: Mirrors that don't suck.

Hey Robert,

Well I got an answer, and that's what I was looking for.

Thanks for the (http)link at the bottom. Looks great.

As far as the sites:

ftp://ftp13.us.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/ - Directory not found, clicked right on the webpage.
ftp://ftp8.us.postgresql.org/pub/pgsql - Directory not found, clicked right on the webpage
ftp3 times out

**Note: The following are probably user error, wget and lynx both error trying to retrieve it, but double clicking in my browser works. So much for getting it from a command line tool.

**********************************************************************
--12:28:24-- ftp://ftp15.us.postgresql.org/source/v7.4/postgresql-7.4.tar.gz
=> `postgresql-7.4.tar.gz'
Resolving ftp15.us.postgresql.org... done.
Connecting to ftp15.us.postgresql.org[216.29.164.5]:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /source/v7.4 ... done.
==> PORT ... done. ==> RETR postgresql-7.4.tar.gz ...
Error in server response, closing control connection.
Retrying.
**********************************************************************
--11:26:53-- ftp://ftp3.ca.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.4/postgresql-7.4.tar.gz
(try: 5) => `postgresql-7.4.tar.gz'
Connecting to ftp3.ca.postgresql.org[64.141.14.48]:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/source/v7.4 ... done.
==> PORT ... done. ==> RETR postgresql-7.4.tar.gz ...
Error in server response, closing control connection.
Retrying.
**********************************************************************
--11:28:10-- ftp://ftp10.us.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/v7.4/postgresql-7.4.tar.gz
(try: 5) => `postgresql-7.4.tar.gz'
Connecting to ftp10.us.postgresql.org[141.142.2.89]:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/postgresql/v7.4 ... done.
==> PORT ... done. ==> RETR postgresql-7.4.tar.gz ...
Error in server response, closing control connection.
Retrying.
**********************************************************************

Thanks for your time.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Treat [mailto:xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 12:18 PM
To: Dan Vande More
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org; webmaster(at)postgresql(dot)org; Marc G.
Fournier
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Mirrors that don't suck.

On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 13:39, Dan Vande More wrote:
> Hey list, I'm just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of a mirror that doesn't suck.
>
> I generally don't do alot with postgres other than downloading and installing the newest releases.
> Everytime there is a release, it takes forever for it to show up on an ftp server.
> This is in the case that the ftp server even works. Now in a case where one likes to browse with the browser of their choice, it totally blows because it's _so_ slow.
>
> So is there maybe an http download somewhere? Or an FTP site that doesn't give me an "directory doesn't exist" error, or one that has more than 15k available, or one that maybe has the newest releases(7.4.1)? All of those would be perfect...
>
> Dan

So this is how not to write an email asking people for help, seriously.
I just checked the first 5 mirror sites on the ftp mirrors page and
everyone of them had the latest code under pub/source/v7.4.1/ (or
something similar). What might have been a more helpful email would be
to point out that the ftp site are still showing 7.4.0 in the main
directory and the directory for latest is also pointing to 7.4.0, both
should be updated to 7.4.1. You might have also included a list of the
mirror sites you were having trouble with so problems with those sites
could be tracked down easier. You might also want to CC
webmaster(at)postgresql(dot)org as well as posting to the -general list.

Oh, and for future reference you can download via http at
http://developer.postgresql.org/ftp
site/, and also at the sourceforge
site http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgsql/ (though I hesitate to
mention it because I haven't uploaded 7.4.1 there quite yet...)

I hope this helps.

Robert Treat
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