Hi all,
If you don't use FTP on common-lisp.net nor have any of your files stored in your ftp/ directory then you can stop reading now.
The FTP daemon on common-lisp.net takes up a good bit of resources and every now and then consumes all CPU over such a long time that I'm forced to kill it (apologies to whomever was trying to download something).
Given than all files are accessible through HTTP (eg. http://common-lisp.net/webftp/ but project members can also chose to stick files in their public_html directories, indeed most do) and that maintaining FTP access is a hassle I'm inclined to drop FTP support.
My plan is this:
- look at the FTP logs and find out which files are being downloaded - notfiy maintainers of those files and have them move the files to public_html (and update their links to point to http://) - wait a few weeks until most of the traffic over FTP dies down - shut down the FTP daemon
If you have any comments, suggestions or concerns, please let me know now.
Thanks, Erik.