Dropping httpredir.debian.org service

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Subject: Dropping httpredir.debian.org service

From: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>

Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 10:54:29 +0100

Message-id: <[🔎] 20170208095429.GF20508@shell.thinkmo.de>

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Hi folks The httpredir.debian.org service shows up on the Debian mirror teams radar more then we like. People are constantly complaining about it, both publicly and in private. It need supervision, drops mirrors for fun and is unmaintained by the people who initially wrote it. This status did not change for months. So we decided to drop httpredir.debian.org as a services. The name will be redirected to a CDN we already use, this means users should not see any interruptions. We thank the people who wrote and maintained this software. Regards, Bastian for Debian mirror team -- A father doesn't destroy his children. -- Lt. Carolyn Palamas, "Who Mourns for Adonais?", stardate 3468.1.