Re: docs/98737: diff for mirrors.xml (add new ukrainian mirrors

The following reply was made to PR docs/98737; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
To: Alex Samorukov <samm@os2.kiev.ua>
Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/98737: diff for mirrors.xml (add new ukrainian mirrors and
 remove broken)
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:38:27 +0400 (MSD)

 On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, 14:28+0300, Alex Samorukov wrote:

 > Maxim Konovalov wrote:
 > > Hi,
 > >
 > >
 > > > > Description:
 > > > >
 > > > This patch will:
 > > > 1) Add http proto to some mirrors with active web servers
 > > > 2) Remove broken ftp3 and ftp5 from mirrors list
 > > > 3) add ftp9-ftp11 mirrors
 > > >
 > >
 > > [...]
 > >
 > >
 > > > --- mirrors.xml.orig	Fri Jun  9 08:55:06 2006
 > > > +++ mirrors.xml	Fri Jun  9 08:54:46 2006
 > >> @@ -2004,21 +2004,13 @@
 > > >      <host type="ftp">
 > > >        <name>ftp.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 > > >        <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > > +      <url proto="http">http://ftp.ua.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > >      </host>
 > > >
 > > >      <host type="ftp">
 > > >        <name>ftp2.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 > > >        <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp2.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > > -    </host>
 > > > -
 > > > -    <host type="ftp">
 > > > -      <name>ftp3.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 > > > -      <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp3.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > > -    </host>
 > > > -
 > > > -    <host type="ftp">
 > > > -      <name>ftp5.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 > > > -      <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp5.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > > +      <url proto="http">http://ftp2.ua.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > >      </host>
 > > >
 > > >      <host type="ftp">
 > >> @@ -2034,6 +2026,24 @@
 > > >      <host type="ftp">
 > > >        <name>ftp8.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 > > >        <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp8.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > > +      <url proto="http">http://ftp8.ua.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > > +    </host>
 > > > +
 > > > +    <host type="ftp">
 > > > +      <name>ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 > > > +      <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > > +      <url proto="http">http://ftp9.ua.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > > +    </host>
 > > > +
 > > > +    <host type="ftp">
 > > > +      <name>ftp10.ua.FreeBSD.org</name>
 > > > +      <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp10.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > > +      <url proto="http">http://ftp10.ua.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
 > > > +    </host>
 > > >
 > >
 > > It seems ftp6, ftp9 and ftp10 carry a very limited subtree of the
 > > official FreeBSD ftp tree.
 > >
 > > ftp9 doesn't have working http access:
 > >
 > > $ fetch -o- http://ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/
 > > fetch: http://ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/: Not Found
 > > $ fetch -o- http://ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/TIMESTAMP
 > > fetch: http://ftp9.ua.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/TIMESTAMP: Not Found
 > >
 > >
 > Please, look more careful at the proposed patch. http url for the
 > ftp9 mirror is http://ftp9.ua.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/, not
 > /pub/FreeBSD.

 I can't make it works both ways:

 http://maxim.int.ru/stuff/ftp9.png