Re: September update on bordeaux.guix.gnu.org

[John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com>]

Hi Chris,

On Sat, Sep 03, 2022 at 01:13 PM, Christopher Baines wrote:

> Hey,
>
> The last update was sent out in May [1], so this update roughly covers
> the last 3 months.
>
> 1: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2022-05/msg00202.html>
>
> This hasn't been my primary focus, so some of the changes that somewhat
> involve bordeaux.guix.gnu.org relate to using it for patch review, but
> to keep this update short I'll mention those elsewhere.
>

Thanks for these updates and all the work you do on these many fronts, much appreciated!

[snip]

> ## Mirrors
>
> There's a few test mirror machines setup, and I asked for people to test
> these to see what difference they make [2][3].
>
> 2: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2022-05/msg00203.html>
> 3: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2022-06/msg00186.html>
>
> A couple of responses [4][5] have come in to the mailing list, both of
> which seem to suggest that mirrors could provide a significant boost to
> substitute download speed.
>
> 4: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2022-07/msg00163.html>
> 5: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2022-07/msg00320.html>
>
> Those test servers have been running for a while now, and are generally
> unused. I'll probably shut them down shortly to save money, and try to
> send out a more concrete plan of getting mirrors in place for
> bordeaux.guix.gnu.org.
>

I wasn't sure if these mirrors were going to remain up and were usable, so I never actually configured my Guix machines to use them. I did make the main Bordeaux server first on my substitute list which has been a nice speedup.

Being based in the US, I would definitely make use of a US mirror, and I'm sure there are others that would to. As I mentioned in [4], I'm happy to help contribute funds for keeping up such a substitute server. I would be glad to help out in any other way I can as well (I'm no system or network administrator outside of my own machines and little home server, but feel free to contact me off list too).

Thanks again for your work on this!

John