Rsync Mirrors Have Disappeared from Cygwin Mirrors Page

[L Anderson]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 02:52:39PM -0800, L Anderson wrote:
>> L Anderson wrote:
>>> For many years I have used rsync to mirror cygwin/release from various
>>> rsync mirrors listed on Cygwin's mirror page. Over time, the number of
>>> rsync mirrors listed has slowly gotten smaller until, alas, now there
>>> are no more listed.
>>>
>>> Does this mean:
>>> There are no longer sites willing to offer rsync?
>>> rsync has become deprecated?
>>> There's a problem with whatever generates the mirror list?
>>> I can no longer use rsync to maintain my own local mirror?
>>> ??
>>>
>>> Any information/clarification on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Hey! Some rsync mirrors are back on the list--now you see them, now you
>> don't, now you do---just how does all this work?
>
> It is explained on the very page that you are referencing.
>

I presume that you mean the following explanation (emphasis lost):

"Note: This is a list of sites who have indicated that they are
  acting as mirrors of the full cygwin FTP area. We automatically
  poll this list on a regular basis to determine if these sites are
  currently up-to-date. The list of sites below reflects all of the
  sites who appear to have currently mirrored the cygwin release area."

I saw the note but it begs the question of what "automatically"
actually means/does.   This together with 1) seeing an entry like:

   'Utah: mirrors.xmission.com(ftp), mirrors.xmission.com(http)'

(no rsync) but 'rsync://mirrors.xmission.com/cygwin/' still works
and 2) seeing the (rsync) portion of a mirror site disappear while
the (ftp) and (http) portion remains, viz-a-viz:
  'Palo Alto: mirrors.kernel.org(ftp), mirrors.kernel.org(http),
   mirrors.kernel.org(rsync)' vs
   'Palo Alto: mirrors.kernel.org(ftp), mirrors.kernel.org(http)'
led me to ask my questions.

To just suggest I reread the above 'Note' etc., neither answers my
question nor is very helpful, but thanks for playing.

Regards,

Lowell

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