[Biopython-dev] CVS mirror server issue (and github)

[Peter]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Peter wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The main CVS server is up and running (on dev.open-bio.org and
> possibly other aliases), so there shouldn't be any issues with
> preparing Biopython 1.51 beta.
>
> However, the OBF use a different (virtual) server for:
> code.open-bio.org
> cvs.open-bio.org
> cvs.biopython.org
>
> This runs ViewCVS and also hosts what I assume is a read only mirror
> of CVS (e.g. for anonymous access). Right now this is down. As github
> hasn't updated recently, I would guess Bartek's machine (which has
> been doing the CVS to github updates) was pointing at one of the above
> addresses.

Progress report - the virtual machine is still playing up but a software
upgrade is planned. Right now:

code.open-bio.org - up
cvs.open-bio.org - up
cvs.biopython.org - stale DNS entry (at least with my ISP)

> The OBF have been altered to this issue, but as an alternative way to
> get github back up to date, Bartek might be able to switch to fetching
> the latest code from dev.open-bio.org instead...

If you are using cvs.biopython.org right now the DNS entry is stale
(but I'm sure it will be fixed shortly), so a less disruptive change
would be to try pointing at cvs.open-bio.org or code.open-bio.org
(i.e. use a different alias for the mirror server, rather than switching
to the primary server).

Peter