Deprecate the fallback DNS pool
When: after Tails 6.0 is out, so that every Tails 5.x that predates !983 (merged) can still fallback to the DNS pool on failure, when downloading an automatic upgrade to a newer 5.y.
- Updates needed include:
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Mirrors design docs: wiki/src/contribute/design/ -
Mirror contributors' doc: wiki/src/contribute/how/mirror.mdwn -
Sysadmin services doc: wiki/src/contribute/working_together/roles/sysadmins/services.mdwn -
Automated tests ( features/): stop using the fallback DNS pool (migrate to another hostname that has multiple A records)
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Remove the mirrors.git repo and the corresponding hook & SSH access - Note: the
mirror-poolrepo is still necessary.
- Note: the
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Add redirection on our web server, for backwards compatibility: http://dl.amnesia.boum.org→https://download.tails.net -
Point the dl.amnesia.boum.orgDNS record to our web server -
Notify admins of mirrors.edge.kernel.orgthat they can ditch their Tails mirror.