From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: FTP Mirrors (was Re: Rewriting the website)
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:58:06 +0100
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Robert Treat wrote:
> do you have a breakdown on what the official directory
> structure ought to look like, and how many mirrors would be affected
> if we dropped them for non-compliance?

I think the directory structure should mirror exactly 
ftp.postgresql.org, so I can go to ftp.xx.postgresql.org and find the 
same things in the same places.  If someone wants to mirror with 
arbitrary directory structure, they can do that, but since you're going 
to have to go through the web page anyway they don't have to carry the 
postgresql.org domain at all.

Right now, virtually no mirrors follow that rule.  Is it so hard to set 
up virtual hosts on ftp servers?