[packman] Packmann OpenSuSE Leap repository still down

[Manfred Hollstein]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2021, 20:27:41 +0100, Luigi Baldoni wrote:
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 7:37 PM
> From: "Manfred Hollstein" <manfred.h at gmx.net>
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > On Sat, 27 Mar 2021, 18:58:03 +0100, Giacomo Comes wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > in order to make a service to everybody, I checked the current status
> > > of the packman mirrors listed in http://packman.links2linux.org/mirrors
> > >
> > > 				http	ftp	rsync
> > > packman.inode.at		down	down	down
> > > mirrors.hust.edu.cn		up	NA	down
> > > mirror.karneval.cz		up	up	up
> > > packman.jacobs-university.de	up	up	up
> > > ftp.fau.de			up	up	NA
> > > ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de	up	up	up
> > > ftp.gwdg.de			up	up	up
> > > ftp.twaren.net			up	up	NA
> > > ftp.yzu.edu.tw			down	down	down
> > >
> > > Being packman.inode.at the first in the list, it is probably
> > > common for people to select that one.
> >
> > yes, you're right, that's really not good. I think, though, that it is a
> > common understanding atm that packman.inode.at is not usable at all -
> > just search the archives of this mailing list for packman.inode.at...
> >
> > > And the fact that it is down (I think since a couple of months)
> > > it is causing several complains.
> >
> > Again, ignore packman.inode.at for now! I'm really not sure who can
> > control the page at <http://packman.links2linux.org/mirrors>, but I
> > always tried the various servers myself, before I used them in the URL
> > for zypper!
> >
> > > Actually packman.inode.at is not down, is the access to the packman
> > > area that does not work.
> >
> > Yeah, but what is it worth it then? Ignore it - full stop!
> >
> > FWIW, I use mirror.karneval.cz since quite some time, and since it
> > recovered from the mirroring issue caused by the expired Multimedia key,
> > it is as stable and reliable as it can be!
> 
> An additional trouble is that packman.repo on every working mirror points at packman.inode.at.
> 
> Now, I don't know how feasible it would be to have each mirror with its own custom .repo file,
> but at least it shouldn't point at a dead one.

Yep, but it's really this easy for everyone to resolve on herself:

  zypper ar https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/{Essentials,Multimedia} packman-{essentials,multimedia}

BTW, gwdg even carries the Leap 15.3 packages in the meantime - so no
reason for reading between the lines etc. ;)

If you need it for a different distribution version, please look at
<https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/> and pick your target.

> Regards

HTH, cheers.

l8er
manfred
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