Debian: Discontinuing rsync service on archive.debian.org

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A new Debian blog post/announcement has been posted!

The proposed and previously announced changes to the rsync service have become effective with archive.debian.org hostname now being discontinued.

The worldwide Debian mirrors network has served archive.debian.org via both HTTP and rsync. As part of improving the reliability of the service for users, the Debian mirrors team is separating the access methods to different host names:

• http://archive.debian.org/ will remain the entry point for HTTP clients such as APT

• rsync://rsync.archive.debian.org/debian-archive/ is now available for those who wish to mirror all or parts of the archives.

rsync service on archive.debian.org has stopped, and we encourage anyone using the service to migrate to the new host name as soon as possible.

If you are currently using rsync to the debian-archive from a debian.org server that forms part of the ...

Get the full details here: archive.debian.org rsync address change - Bits from Debian