Re: [Wp-mirror-list] [Savannah-users] Request IPv6 address for download.savannah.gnu.org

[Bob Proulx]

Hello Kent,

wp mirror wrote:
> Would it be possible to assign an IPv6 address to
> <download.savannah.gnu.org>? Using `dig' I do not see any `AAAA'
> record for your site. Alternatively, do you know of a mirror site with
> an IPv6 address?

First regarding assigning an IPv6 addres, I don't know.  This would be
a question for the FSF admins.  The Savannah Hackers control the
machine but the network is under the administration of the FSF
admins.  I am sure that providing IPv6 addresses is on the todo list
but I don't know the priority.

> My internal network is IPv6 only.  Currently, to download releases
> from savannah, I must go through extra steps:  1) `ssh' to an external
> host, 2) `wget' or `rsync' a release from savannah to the external
> host, then 3) `scp' the file from the external host to my internal
> host.

There are GNU mirrors that have IPv6 addresses.  The full list of
mirrors:

  http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html

Here are a few IPv6 mirrors.  I am sure there are others.  These are
simply the ones that I was able to quickly pull out of the above list.

  http://mirrors.axint.net/repos/gnu.org/
  http://mirror.team-cymru.org/gnu/
  http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/gnu/
  
Please try the above ones.  Check the list for others.  Please let us
know if these IPv6 mirrors work for you.  Or if they don't.  It will
help others who also only have IPv6 networking.

Bob