2008/1/27 Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot(a)laposte.net>:
Most places will have a transparent proxy with no additionnal Linux
or
RH-specific setup. Instantmirror or rsync local mirrors assume the
infrastructure is designed around Fedora, when in fact Fedora installs
have often started unofficially bottom up. It is critical for Fedora
market penetration that those initial stealth installations go well
without someone bothering the IT teams with them (because their first
reaction will be to ban anything unofficial that gives them more work).
I can see larger networks having transparent proxies and such setup,
but the home user enthusiast or small business? I don't think they
would be as likely. I see InstantMirror of filling a niche for the
small office or home user enthusiast as a low barrier entry into
caching updates locally. There is a thread on fedora-list now with a
Fedora user looking to setup some form of caching for updates and such
[1]. InstantMirror seems an option to fit these need well.
Therefore, efforts to create the perfect Fedora-specific mirroring
setup
fall IMHO wide of the mark. A less-than-perfect system that works as-is
with existing infrastructure without any specific setup is much more
preferable.
This is more to the point I was trying to make. Should InstantMirror
be trying to be the perfect Fedora-specific mirroring setup? I think
it is a good tool for the small office and home user enthusiast niche.
The ones just looking to cache updates locally with minimal fuss
without the need to maintain a full fledged local mirror or implement
a transparent proxy. Maintaining as such a tool might be a better
goal for the InstantMirror project than trying to grow it into a tool
that it is not.
Best Regards,
Jeffrey
[1]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-January/msg04152.html