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FTP reorganisation (was: Re: stability of non-free?)

[BTW. I have moved the discussion to debian-private...]

Since a reorganisation of the ftp distribution is necessary, let me
propose the following layout which is modelled after the NetBSD layout
and take Debian-specific issues like non-free, contrib, local and crypto
sections into account:

  /pub/debian-linux/
      |
      +--- debian-1.1
      |
      +--- debian-1.2
      |
      +--- debian-current
               |
               +--- alpha
               |
               +--- m68k
               |
               +--- share
               |
               +--- source
               |
               +--- sparc
               |
               +--- x86
                      |
                      +--- install
                      |
                      +--- free-pkgs
                      |
                      +--- non-free-pkgs
                      |
                      +--- contrib-pkgs
                      |
                      +--- crypto-pkgs (just with README)
                      |
                      +--- local-pkgs (just with README file)

The debian-<version> directories should only contain the following files:

- BUGS		up-to-date list of serious bugs
- CHANGES	list of changes from last release
- TODO		list of things deferred to the next release
- FIXES		description of the additional bug fixes

In addition any releases version will have a "fixes" directory for upgrades
only. The install and *-pkgs should always contain the latest issues.
I see no need in bumping the version number and provide a symlinked tree,
that will only clutter the filesystem.

The "debian-current" directory should be restricted to the development team,
to prohibit the distribution of work in progress.  When the bug fix comes
in effect that directory is tar-ed to "debian-<new-version>" but still
restricted to the development group. (I think we are now about 100+ people
on debian-devel, that is a sufficient beta-test group.)  It could possibly
made readable to CD distributors in advance of the release date to give them
the opportunity to ship the latest release beginning with the official
release date.  I have no idea how long that would take, but i think Simon
and/or Bruce can tell us what it takes.

To provide better access for developers and to help the distribution official
Debian servers should be set up for the different global regions:

   ftp.europe.debian.org
   ftp.aus-oz.debian.org
   ftp.asia.debian.org
   ftp.africa.debian.org
   ftp.s-america.debian.org
   ftp.n-america.debian.org  (= ftp.debian.org)

Of course there can be a finer granularity like in:

   ftp.uk.debian.org
   ftp.de.debian.org
   ftp.fr.debian.org

if we find enough sites in one region.

These sites should have special access to master.debian.org and mirror
the development tree (which they MUST keep restricted to the devel team!)
and provide an upload queue for developers in their region.  Since these
server are synchronous with master, the will share the load when a
new Debian-Linux is released.

I think Guy (or whoever does manage the FTP area) could implement that for
the upcoming release without many problems.

Ok. That's my opinion. I have a fire extinguisher at hand, so get your
flame throwers and start aiming at me... ;-)

Dominik Kubla
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