List of mirrors - help needed

[Bram Moolenaar]

The ftp protocol is slowly fading away. Still, we provide the Vim
sources through ftp. Many sites also support using http or https. The
list of mirrors is outdated now, and I would like to change the order to
put the https sites first.

You can find the current list here: https://www.vim.org/mirrors.php

I would like someone to take the current list, remove the links that no
longer work, and find more https links. I susped quite of few of the
http links also support https, but that needs to be tried, and the
domain might be different to match the certificate.

For example, the main site is linked to with ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/
but is also available as http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/
and https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/vim/

Is there someone who can take care of this, and send me to cleaned up
list?


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[Christian Brabandt]

On Mi, 21 Aug 2019, Bram Moolenaar wrote:

> The ftp protocol is slowly fading away. Still, we provide the Vim
> sources through ftp. Many sites also support using http or https. The
> list of mirrors is outdated now, and I would like to change the order to
> put the https sites first.
>
> You can find the current list here: https://www.vim.org/mirrors.php
>
> I would like someone to take the current list, remove the links that no
> longer work, and find more https links. I susped quite of few of the
> http links also support https, but that needs to be tried, and the
> domain might be different to match the certificate.
>
> For example, the main site is linked to with ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/
> but is also available as http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/
> and https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/vim/
>
> Is there someone who can take care of this, and send me to cleaned up
> list?

Let me take care of this.

Best,
Christian
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[Bram Moolenaar]

Rafal Maszkowski wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 01:33:54PM +0200, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> > On Mi, 21 Aug 2019, Bram Moolenaar wrote:

> …

> > > You can find the current list here: https://www.vim.org/mirrors.php
> > > I would like someone to take the current list, remove the links that no
> > > longer work, and find more https links. I susped quite of few of the
> > > http links also support https, but that needs to be tried, and the
> > > domain might be different to match the certificate.

> …

> > > Is there someone who can take care of this, and send me to cleaned up
> > > list?
> > Let me take care of this.
>

> Our site (Poland, Warsaw, ICM) is listed as
> ftp://ftp.pl.vim.org/pub/vim/ only. The complete set of our protocols
> is:
>
> ftp://ftp.pl.vim.org/pub/vim/
> http://ftp.pl.vim.org/pub/vim/
> https://ftp.pl.vim.org/pub/vim/
> rsync://ftp.pl.vim.org/pub/vim/
> gopher://ftp.pl.vim.org/1/pub/vim/
>
> The main name of the site is ftp.icm.edu.pl or sunsite.icm.edu.pl.

Typical case of where the https link doesn't work with the vim.org
domain. This one does work: https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/vim/

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[Christian Brabandt]

> On Mi, 21 Aug 2019, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > You can find the current list here: https://www.vim.org/mirrors.php

Okay, I have worked through the complete list. Here it is, slightly re-ordered
and added comments for each site.

,----
| -- VIM Distribution Sites -- Last change: 2019 Aug 22
|
| Vim can be found at:
| http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/ Holland, Amsterdam https works with ftp.nluug.nl domain, because of certificate
| https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/vim/ Holland, Amsterdam ok
| ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/ Holland, Amsterdam ok
| rsync://ftp.vim.org/Vim Holland, Amsterdam ok
|
| HTTPS mirror of ftp site:
| https://ftp.stu.edu.tw/pub/vim/ Taiwan, Kaohsiung https mirror of http://ftp2.tw.vim.org/pub/vim/
| https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/pub/vim/ Greece, Heraklion ok
| https://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/pub/vim/ Czechia, Prague ok
| https://ftp.pl.vim.org/pub/vim/ Poland, Oswiecim ok
| https://www.mirrorservice.org/pub/vim/ England, Kent ok
| ? http://ftp.cz.vim.org/pub/vim Czechia, Prague ok
|
| HTTP mirror of ftp site:
| http://ftp2.tw.vim.org/pub/vim/ Taiwan, Kaohsiung ok
| http://mirrors.standaloneinstaller.com/vim France, Strasbourg ok
| http://ftp.gr.vim.org/pub/vim/ Greece, Heraklion ok
| http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/pub/vim/ Czechia, Prague ok
| http://ftp.pl.vim.org/pub/vim Poland, Oswiecim ok
| http://ftp2.pl.vim.org/pub/vim Poland, Oswiecim ok
| http://mirror.netinch.com/pub/vim/ Finland, Tampere ok
| http://ftp2.uk.vim.org/pub/vim/ England, Kent ok
| http://ftp2.jp.vim.org/pub/vim Japan, Tsukuba ok
| http://ftp2.kr.vim.org/pub/vim/ Korea, Daejeon ok
| http://www.netgull.com/vim USA, Dallas ok
| http://mirror.metrocast.net/vim USA, NH, Rochester ok
| ? http://ftp.cz.vim.org/pub/vim Czechia, Prague ok
|
| FTP Mirrors (working):
| ftp://ftp.ca.vim.org/pub/vim/ Canada, Burlington ok
| ftp://ftp.nl.vim.org/pub/vim/ Holland, Amsterdam ok
| ftp://ftp.de.vim.org/ Germany, Berlin ok
| ftp://ftp3.de.vim.org/pub/vim/ Germany, Oldenburg ok
| ? ftp://ftp.cz.vim.org/pub/vim Czechia, Prague ok
| ftp://ftp.uk.vim.org/pub/vim/ England, London ok
| ftp://ftp2.uk.vim.org/pub/vim/ England, Kent ok
| ftp://mirror.netinch.com/pub/vim/ Finland, Tampere ok
| ftp://ftp.gr.vim.org/pub/vim/ Greece, Heraklion ok
| + ftp://ftp.pl.vim.org/pub/vim/ Poland, Warsaw ok
| ftp://ftp2.pl.vim.org/pub/vim Poland, Oswiecim ok
| ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/pub/vim/ Czechia, Prague ok
| ftp://vim.tsu.ru/pub/vim Russia, Tomsk ok
| ftp://ftp2.tw.vim.org/pub/vim Taiwan, Kaohsiung ok
| ftp://ftp.jp.vim.org/pub/vim/ Japan, Tokyo ok
| ftp://ftp.kr.vim.org/pub/vim/ Korea, Seoul ok
|
| RSYNC mirrors of the ftp site:
| rsync://ftp.nl.vim.org/Vim Holland, Amsterdam ok
| rsync://ftp2.uk.vim.org/ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/ England, Kent ok
| rsync://mirrors.standaloneinstaller.com/vim France, Strasbourg ok
| rsync://ftp.pl.vim.org/pub/vim/ Poland, Warsaw ok
| rsync://ftp.ca.vim.org/vim Canada, Burlington ok
| rsync://ftp2.jp.vim.org/vim Japan, Tsukuba ok
| rsync://ftp2.kr.vim.org/vim/ Korea, Daejeon ok
`----

All of the following are no longer working and can be removed:

,----
| HTTP
| http://mirrors-ru.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ Russia, Moscow gone
| http://mirrors-br.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ Brazil, Sao Paulo gone
| http://mirrors-au.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ Australia, Canberra gone
| http://ftp.es.vim.org/pub/vim/ Spain times out
| http://nubevps.com/pub/vim/ http://www.nubevps.com Spain, Madrid gone
| http://artfiles.org/vim.org/ Germany, Hamburg still available, but not uptodate anymore (missing 8.1)
| http://vim.cybermirror.org/ Germany, Karlsruhe maintenance
| http://ftp.vim.ossmirror.de/pub/vim/ Germany, Hannover gone
| http://vim.rtin.bz/ Germany, Frankfurt gone
| http://ftp.heikorichter.name/vim Germany, Claw gone
| http://vim.mirror.fr/ France, Paris times out
| http://ftp.ro.vim.org/mirrors/ftp.vim.org Romania, Bucharest times out
| http://servingzone.com/mirrors/vim/ Tallinn, Estonia gone
| http://mirrors-uk.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ England, London gone
| http://ftp.ir.vim.org/pub/vim/ Iran gone
| http://ftp.stust.edu.tw/vim/ Taiwan, Yongkang times out
| http://mirrors.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ Japan, Tokyo gone
| http://mirror.yongbok.net/pub/vim/ Korea gone
| http://vim.mirror.anstey.ca/ Vancouver, Canada times out
| http://mirrors-usa.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ USA, Los Angeles gone
| ?=http://ftp.at.vim.org/pub/vim/ Austria, Vienna gone
| ? http://www.be.vim.org/ Belgium, Antwerpen gone
| ? http://shattered.teched.net/vim-ftp-mirror/ USA, Columbus, Ohio gone
| ? http://ftp.il.vim.org/pub/vim/ Israel, Haifa gone
| ? http://mirror.hostfuss.com/pub/vim/ Holland, Amsterdam gone
| ? http://www.pt.vim.org/pub/vim/ Portugal, Porto gone
| ? http://ftp.ru.vim.org/pub/vim/ Moscow, Russian Fed.gone
| ? http://ftp3.tw.vim.org/pub/vim/ Taiwan, Taoyuan gone
| ? http://mirrors.24-7-solutions.net/pub/vim/ USA, New York gone
| ? http://vim.mirrorsite.info/ Germany, Nuremberg gone
| ? http://funnyshare.org/mirrors/vim/ Germany, Nuremberg gone
| ? http://www.ar.vim.org/ Argentina gone
| ? http://forkbomb.nl/pub/vim/ Sofia, Bulgaria gone
| ? http://mirror.dejanseo.com.au/pub/vim/ Australia, Brisbane gone
| ? http://ftp.id.vim.org/pub/vim/ Indonesia, Jember gone
| ? http://ftp.au.vim.org/pub/vim/ Australia, Brisbane gone
|
| FTP
| ftp://ftp2.kr.vim.org/pub/vim/ Korea, Daejeon gone
| ftp://mirror.yongbok.net/pub/vim/ Korea gone
| ftp://mirrors-ru.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ Russia, Moscow times out
| ftp://artfiles.org/vim.org/ Germany, Hamburg still available, but not uptodate anymore (missing 8.1)
| ftp://ftp.heikorichter.name/vim Germany, Claw times out
| ftp://mirrors-uk.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ England, London authentication needed!
| ftp://ftp.es.vim.org/pub/vim/ Spain times out
| ftp://ftp.is.vim.org/pub/vim/ Iceland gone
| ftp://ftp.stust.edu.tw/pub/vim/ Taiwan, Yongkang times out
| ftp://mirrors.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ Japan, Tokyo gone
| ftp://ftp.ar.vim.org/pub/vim/ Argentina still available, but not uptodate anymore (missing 8)
| ftp://ftp.za.vim.org/mirrors/ftp.vim.org/ South Africa server available, vim.org content missing
| ftp://mirrors-usa.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ USA, Los Angeles gone
| ftp://mirrors-au.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ Australia, Canberra gone
| ftp://mirrors-br.go-parts.com/pub/vim/ Brazil, Sao Paulo gone
| ? ftp://ftp.il.vim.org/pub/vim/ Israel, Haifa gone
| ? ftp://ftp.se.vim.org/pub/mirrors/vim/ Sweden, Borlange gone
| ? ftp://ftp.sg.vim.org/pub/vim/ Singapore gone
| ? ftp://ftp2.nl.vim.org/pub/vim/ Holland, Amsterdam gone
| ? ftp://ftp.dk.vim.org/pub/vim/ Denmark, Copenhagen gone
| ? ftp://ftp.be.vim.org/pub/vim/ Belgium, Antwerpen no login
| ? ftp://ftp3.nl.vim.org/pub/vim/ Holland, Amsterdam gone
| ? ftp://ftp.pt.vim.org/pub/vim/ Portugal, Porto gone
| ? ftp://ftp.tw.vim.org/vim/ Taiwan, Kaohsiung gone
| ? ftp://ftp.us.vim.org/pub/vim/ USA, Hoboken, NJ gone
| ? ftp://ftp2.us.vim.org/pub/vim/ USA, Hoboken, NJ gone
| ? ftp://ftp3.us.vim.org/pub/mirrors/ftp.vim.org/vim/ USA, Michigan? gone
| ? ftp://ftp4.us.vim.org/pub/vim/ USA, Chicago gone
| ? ftp://ftp9.us.vim.org/pub/vim/ USA, New York gone
| ? ftp://ftp.at.vim.org/pub/vim/ Austria, Vienna gone
| ? ftp://ftp3.tw.vim.org/pub/vim/ Taiwan, Taoyuan gone
| ? ftp://ftp.mx.vim.org/pub/vim/ Mexico gone
| ? ftp://ftp.hu.vim.org/pub/vim/ Hungary, Miskolc gone
| ? ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/vim/ USA, San Francisco gone
| ? ftp://ftp.ro.vim.org/mirrors/ftp.vim.org Romania, Bucharest gone
| ? ftp://ftp.id.vim.org/pub/vim/ Indonesia, Jember gone
| ? ftp://ftp.au.vim.org/pub/vim/ Australia, Brisbane gone
|
| RSYNC
| rsync://ftp2.pl.vim.org/mirrors/ftp.vim.org/ Poland, Oswiecim gone
| rsync://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/pub/vim/ Czechia, Prague gone
| rsync://ftp.ro.vim.org/mirrors/ftp.vim.org/ Romania, Bucharest gone
| rsync://mirror.netinch.com/pub/vim/ Finland, Tampere gone
| rsync://ftp.id.vim.org/pub/vim Indonesia, Jember gone
| rsync://ftp2.tw.vim.org/Vim Taiwan, Taichung gone
| rsync://mirrors.go-parts.com/mirrors/pub/vim/ Japan, Tokyo gone
| rsync://mirror.yongbok.net/vim/ Korea gone
| rsync://mirrors-usa.go-parts.com/mirrors/pub/vim/ USA, Los Angeles gone
| rsync://mirrors-ru.go-parts.com/mirrors/pub/vim/ Russia, Moscow gone
| rsync://mirrors-au.go-parts.com/mirrors/pub/vim/ Australia, Canberra gone
| rsync://mirrors-br.go-parts.com/mirrors/pub/vim/ Brazil, Sao Paulo gone
| rsync://mirrors-uk.go-parts.com/mirrors/pub/vim/ England, London gone
| rsync://ftp.heikorichter.name/vim Germany, Claw gone
| ? rsync://ftp.il.vim.org/vim Israel, Haifa gone
| ? rsync://ftp.cz.vim.org::vim Czechia, Prague gone
| ? rsync://ftp.au.vim.org/Vim/ Australia, Brisbane gone
|
| MacVim (Mac OS/X version) can be found here:
| http://macvim.googlecode.com/ gone
| ? http://macvimapp.muskokamug.org (not currently working) gone
`----

The MacVim source can be found here:
https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim

And the following can also be removed, since we are using github and CVS and
subversion are not up to date anymore. And the mailserver thing does not exist anymore.

,----
| You can get the most recent (patched) version through CVS. See:
| http://www.vim.org/cvs.php
| Or use Subversion, see:
| http://www.vim.org/subversion.php
|
| A mailserver is present at <Ftp...@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>. Send it a
| message with "help" as the Subject and it will tell you how to use it. Use
| commands like "CD /pub/vim" and "GET unix/vim-5.7-rt.tar.gz". It is slow, use
| ftp if you can.
`----



Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Christian
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[Bram Moolenaar]

Christian wrote:

> > On Mi, 21 Aug 2019, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > > You can find the current list here: https://www.vim.org/mirrors.php
>
> Okay, I have worked through the complete list. Here it is, slightly
> re-ordered and added comments for each site.

Thanks! I'll drop the old ones, I don't see how they would be useful.

> The MacVim source can be found here:
> https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim
>
> And the following can also be removed, since we are using github and
> CVS and subversion are not up to date anymore. And the mailserver
> thing does not exist anymore.

Right, those are gone for a while.

Updated version available: https://www.vim.org/mirrors.php
And: https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/vim/MIRRORS

Let me know if there are any remaining problems.


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