(If you get 2 of these, it's because I had to resend, due to "Reply all" problem.)
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Thus it was said:
Richard Stallman <
address@hidden>
Mar 10 (2 days ago)
> We speak of hosting service. It is very realistic to put GNU software
> on GNU servers and have it available for everyone.
We urge all GNU package maintainers to put their releases on
ftp.gnu.org. But we neve required this as a rule, and making it a
rule would run into some resistance.
Jean Louis via
gnu.org Mar 10 (2 days ago)
Each package may be copied to GNU and distributed in parallel
from GNU servers by GNU helpers and problem could be solved.
Why not have a "pull" script that pulls the s.w. from the distribution
sites and puts it in
ftp.gnu.org ? Surely there are no restrictions on
copying the s.w. (Understatement.) Most maintainers might prefer not
having to, themselves, upload to
ftp.gnu.org, just another task. Now
there MIGHT be some developers who object, because it would reduce
traffic to their beautiful website; I'd say they can be accommodated,
however silly that might be. The advantages for increased access to the
s.w. from the GNU mirrors seem well worth writing such a script.