[Alpine-info] Repository mirror and availability in the UK

[Joshua Miller via Alpine-info]

So I looked up that github public mirror situation. This thread was helpful:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11370239/creating-an-official-github-mirror

TLDR: GitHub no longer accepts requests for mirroring arbitrary
repositories. One can create a post-receive hook within their own repo (eg.
within repo.or.cz) to automatically push to a github repo, but they don't
do the automatically maintained thing anymore.

--
Josh I.





On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM Joshua Miller <unrtst at gmail.com> wrote:


> At the risk of sounding snarky, you may want to look into a VPN service,

> or something akin to that (ex. an ssh jump host).

>

> FWIW, ProtonVPN has a free tier: https://protonvpn.com/pricing

> There are loads of options. I just happen to have looked that one up

> recently.

>

> Needless to say, that will also help when you inevitably run into similar

> issues elsewhere.

>

> HTH,

> --

> Josh I.

>

> On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM Mark Hills via Alpine-info <

> alpine-info at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>

>> I'm no longer able to follow Alpine development versions because of:

>>

>>   https://repo.or.cz/uk-blocked.html

>>

>> So I'm interested in a mirror, which this appears to be

>>

>>   https://github.com/alpinemail/alpine

>>

>> Hoever the mirror hasn't updated since 2024-05-27.

>>

>> Please can I express my thanks, and interest in having this available?

>>

>> That repo is labelled in GitHub as "Public" and not "Public mirror" --

>> which is what I've seen on other projects where GitHub is aware and

>> automates the mirroring.

>>

>> So I assume this is just a regular repo that is pushed to by someone.

>>

>> Is that person able to help, or can someone offer an alternative mirror?

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>> --

>> Mark

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