shutting down httpredir.debian.org?

From	Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	shutting down httpredir.debian.org?
Date	2016-04-12 09:10 +0200
Message-ID	<rn0Cu-3dN-19@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Hi,

we keep getting reports of httpredir.debian.org not working correctly,
such as intermittently just sending errors or redirecting to mirrors
that are out of date.

Only a few of those make it to the BTS, some make it to
mirrors@debian.org, and there are several on various IRC channels.  I
suspect quite a few make it to Raphael, since that's still the contact
point listed on the website (not an email address there, either - just a
link to blogspot).

When there is a response - and there isn't always - it's usually "nobody
currently maintains httpredir, sorry".

So, it appears as if currently nobody has time or the energy to take
care of httpredir.debian.org properly.

I suggest we shut down the service for now.  If, at some future point,
somebody wants to maintain again we can always start it up again.

Opinions?
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shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org> - 2016-04-12 09:10 +0200
  Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2016-04-12 09:40 +0200
    Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org> - 2016-04-12 10:00 +0200
      Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Cord Beermann <cord@debian.org> - 2016-04-12 12:30 +0200
      Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Christian Rohmann <crohmann@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-12 13:00 +0200
        Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2016-04-13 10:30 +0200
          Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Christian Rohmann <crohmann@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-14 10:00 +0200
            Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org> - 2016-04-14 11:10 +0200
              Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2016-04-14 12:10 +0200
                Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> - 2016-04-14 15:40 +0200
                Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> - 2016-04-15 06:50 +0200
                Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org> - 2016-04-25 14:30 +0200
                Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> - 2016-04-25 14:50 +0200
                Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org> - 2016-04-25 15:10 +0200
                Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> - 2016-04-25 15:50 +0200
                Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org> - 2016-04-25 17:40 +0200
              Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? anarcat <anarcat@orangeseeds.org> - 2016-04-14 17:00 +0200
                Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2016-04-15 03:20 +0200
                Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2016-04-15 04:00 +0200
                Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> - 2016-04-15 07:00 +0200
          Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Christian Rohmann <crohmann@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-14 14:00 +0200
            Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2016-04-14 17:00 +0200
              Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Christian Rohmann <crohmann@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-19 13:50 +0200
    Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2016-04-12 18:30 +0200
  Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2016-04-12 10:50 +0200
  Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org> - 2016-04-12 14:00 +0200
    Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-04-12 15:10 +0200
    Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org> - 2016-04-12 15:30 +0200
      Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org> - 2016-04-13 14:30 +0200
    Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Donald Norwood <dnorwood@portalus.com> - 2016-04-12 19:20 +0200
      Re: shutting down httpredir.debian.org? Donald Norwood <dnorwood@portalus.com> - 2016-04-12 22:50 +0200

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