[CS<1129652628.1640.7.camel at localhost.localdomain> 21.5R21.4] [C] xemacs-21.5-clean: Sync packages mirrors list with website

[Adrian Aichner]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> writes:

>>>>>> "APA" == Adrian Aichner <adrian at xemacs.org> writes:
>
>     APA> Stephen, or anyone else in Japan, could you please try the
>     APA> Japanese package sites and provide us feedback.
>
> These sites all work and are fast by "eyeball check".
>
>      ("Japan (aist.go.jp)" "ring.aist.go.jp" "pub/text/xemacs/packages")
>      ("Japan (dti.ad.jp)" "ftp.dti.ad.jp" "pub/unix/editor/xemacs/packages")
>      ("Japan (sut.ac.jp)" "sunsite.sut.ac.jp" "pub/archives/packages/xemacs/packages")

Above work fine for me too, now.

>
> These sites have removed their XEmacs content.  At JAIST even the
> xemacs directory is gone; and at jp.xemacs the xemacs directory is
> there but all content has been removed.  They probably should be
> commented out pending an inquiry to the host administrator.  (The
> latter really pisses me off; not only have they trashed my favorite
> project, but they've hosted two of those "login by password on SSH"
> worms in the last month.  Get a clue, guys!)
>
>      ("Japan (jaist.ac.jp)" "ftp.jaist.ac.jp" "pub/GNU/xemacs/packages")
>      ("Japan (jp.xemacs.org)" "ftp.jp.xemacs.org" "pub/GNU/xemacs/packages")

Some for me from here.

I'll comment these out for now.

>
> These sites were down when I tried them.  I'll need to investigate
> NUCBA, but the RING sites should all be the same (that's why they're
> called "ring").  So I would say leave "mirror.nucba.ac.jp" _out_ and
> "ring.asahi-net.or.jp" _in_ until further notice.  (It's your call
> though, you know more about usage patterns than I do.)
>
> -    ("Japan (nucba.ac.jp)" "mirror.nucba.ac.jp" "mirror/xemacs/packages")
> +;   ("Japan (nucba.ac.jp)" "mirror.nucba.ac.jp" "mirror/xemacs/packages")
>      ("Japan (asahi-net.or.jp)" "ring.asahi-net.or.jp" "pub/text/xemacs/packages")

I'll leave this as is for now.

Thanks for your testing Stephen, it's much appreciated!

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Adrian Aichner
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