[gimp-web] content: update news and sponsors page.

From: Jehan <jehanp src gnome org>
To: commits-list gnome org
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Subject: [gimp-web] content: update news and sponsors page.
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 00:02:05 +0000 (UTC)
commit bd22e01ff67a79d48d1781cdc3fbdceb90be6c9b
Author: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
Date:   Wed Oct 6 01:05:35 2021 +0200

    content: update news and sponsors page.
    
    - Better description for the "Past Sponsors" section (old contents of
      the sponsors page, from a long time ago, and we don't really know
      anymore how or what listed orgs/people sponsored exactly).
    - Date update for the news (publication today).
    - Change a "GNOME infrastructure team" and "GNOME-verified" wordings
      without "GNOME" because now I was also given some rights to
      participate/help with the process. So more generic wording is better.
    - Clearer explanation of the recent changes (clear procedure and more
      verification for trustworthy file access, both with speed and safety).
    - Removing donation button for our crowdfunding and the "We remind" part
      which is maybe a bit too much. Just leave some links within the text.
    - Various wording updates and tweaks.
    - Draft status removed.
    
    Thanks to Patrick David and Liam for their feedbacks.

 content/donating/sponsors.md                       | 19 +++---
 .../2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md   | 78 ++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/content/donating/sponsors.md b/content/donating/sponsors.md
index f75260c0..40999643 100644
--- a/content/donating/sponsors.md
+++ b/content/donating/sponsors.md
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Title: Sponsors
 Date: 2015-08-14T15:54:25-05:00
-Author: Pat David
+Authors: Pat David, Aryeom, Jehan
 
-💌 The GIMP team would like to thank all the sponsors for all the help
+💌 The GIMP team would like to thank all the sponsors for the help
 given. **Thank you!** 💌
 
-*Note: the following list in no way reflects the full list of sponsors of
-GIMP across the years. In particular, we want to thank the numerous
-people who made small donations. With small drops, you created a huge
-river!*
+*Note: the following lists in no way reflect the full list of sponsors
+of GIMP across the years. In particular, we want to thank the numerous
+people who made small [donations](/donating/). With small drops, you
+created a huge river!*
 
 ## Official Mirrors
 
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ process](https://wiki.gnome.org/Infrastructure/Mirrors), except that you
 must explicitly say you wish to mirror *download.gimp.org*, by [opening
 a report on the Infrastructure 
tracker](https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/Infrastructure/issues/new?issuable_template=new-mirror).
 
-## Legacy sponsor list
+## Past Sponsors
 
-*As of 2021, the sponsorship nomenclature is now unknown.
-We leave the list for remembrance of past
-donators.*
+*The GIMP team remains grateful for the past assistance of the
+following:*
 
 Philantropist
 : Lars Mathiassen
diff --git a/content/news/2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md 
b/content/news/2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md
index 7d55f7a2..0358b521 100644
--- a/content/news/2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2021/2021-09-official_mirror_policy/index.md
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 Title: GIMP's official mirrors and mirror policy
-Date: 2021-09-20
+Date: 2021-10-06
 Category: News
 Authors: Wilber
 Slug: official-mirror-policy
 Summary: "Support GIMP with a mirror"
-Status: draft
 
 As far as we could remember, organizations from all over the world have
 supported the GNU Image Manipulation Program by mirroring 🪞 our file
@@ -47,12 +46,12 @@ The current list of official mirrors by alphabetical order:
 - University of Maryland, College Park
 - XMission
 
+*One more mirror request is being processed at the moment.*
+
 The always-updated list is on a dedicated [sponsor
 page](/donating/sponsors.html). The image above poetically
 representating the mirrors, by Aryeom of [*ZeMarmot*](https://film.zemarmot.net/)
-project will also illustrate this sponsor page.
-
-One more mirror request is being processed at the moment.
+project, will also illustrate this sponsor page.
 
 💌 **Thanks to all these organizations!**
 
@@ -60,13 +59,13 @@ One more mirror request is being processed at the moment.
 
 We recently cleaned out our mirror list per these rules:
 
-- We now list exactly the mirrors verified by GNOME infrastructure team,
+- We now list exactly the mirrors verified by the infrastructure team,
   no more no less. Being verified gives you rsync credentials allowing
   faster and safer updates.
   **See [below](#how-to-be-an-official-mirror) if you want in.**
 - Mirrors are not listed anymore in the [Downloads](/downloads/) page
   since there is an automatic mirror rotation operating when clicking
-  the download button. Instead we have a dedicated
+  the download buttons. Instead we have the dedicated
   [Sponsors](/donating/sponsors.html) page, which means better
   visibility to sponsoring mirrors, all the while simplifying the
   download page which used to be over-crowded with information.
@@ -97,14 +96,14 @@ mirrors, except you must explicitly ask to be a GIMP mirror:
   list](/donating/sponsors.html), please write it explicitly in the
   report (otherwise we will choose whatever organization name and URL
   seems the most relevant from what you wrote down)
-- Once we are done verifying your organization, someone will ask you for
-  your public GPG key by email to send you rsync credentials for syncing
-  your mirror
+- Once we are done verifying your organization, rsync credentials will
+  be exchanged securely, allowing you to sync your mirror with the
+  source server
 - There is nothing to do in particular to appear on the
-  [Sponsors](https://www.gimp.org/donating/sponsors.html) page which
-  will be updated regularly through scripts. Yet it may take a few days
-  or even weeks at times. So don't worry if your organization name does
-  not appear immediately!
+  [Sponsors](/donating/sponsors.html) page which will be updated
+  regularly through scripts. Yet it may take a few days or even weeks at
+  times. So don't worry if your organization name does not appear
+  immediately!
 
 🛈 We programmatically check at random intervals that mirrors are updated
 quickly enough and that the data match for obvious security reasons.
@@ -118,19 +117,25 @@ rather than the main download server.
 
 Years ago, we moved to an automatic mirror rotation through web
 redirections. In other words, any URL to `download.gimp.org/mirror/`
-automatically redirects to any of the official mirrors (our own download
-server included), hence lowering the burden on all servers without
-having people to manually pick a mirror in a boring list.
+automatically redirects to any of the configured mirrors (our own
+download server included), hence lowering the burden on all servers
+without having people to manually pick a mirror in a boring list.
+
+Yet followup checks were not thorough enough, there were no clear
+procedure to give mirror administrators and there were discrepancies
+between mirrors listed on the website and the ones actually taking part
+in download rotation. These are the changing points.
 
-Listing only GNOME-verified mirrors has the following advantages:
+Listing only verified mirrors has the following advantages:
 
 - The infrastructure team makes the background check to verify an
   organization is **trustworthy**.
 - Mirrors get rsync credentials, enabling **faster** updates (instead of
   through third-parties which may themselves sync from other third
   parties, hence avoiding several-day delays).
-- Our team has an accurate list of mirrors for **security** checks of
-  file presence and authenticity.
+- Our team has an accurate list of mirrors for systematic **security**
+  checks of file presence and authenticity. We will react quickly in
+  case of problem.
 - Only verified mirrors are added in the download rotation settings,
   thus **contributing** with the bigger chunk of downloads. It is only
   normal for them to be featured prominently.
@@ -139,35 +144,22 @@ More discussions are going on to improve the procedure and mirror
 technology even further by using the *Mirrorbits* software. More on this
 later (and after more extensive testing).
 
-**Additionally to mirrors, we would like to thank the GNOME
+**Additionally to mirrors, we would like to 🙏 thank the GNOME
 infrastructure team for their invaluable help!**
 
 # Contributors
 
-The work on mirrors was a long run backgroung job which was improved by
+The work on mirrors was a long run background job which was improved by
 various people, notably [Michael
 
Schumacher](https://testing.gimp.org/news/2017/05/15/an-interview-with-michael-schumacher-gimp-administrator/)
 and [Pat David](https://patdavid.net/).
 
-These recent improvements to the mirror procedure, making it safer for
-people downloading GIMP and easier for contributors as well as for
-mirror administrators, were done by GIMP maintainer, Jehan of
-[*ZeMarmot*](https://film.zemarmot.net/) project. The goal is to
+These recent improvements to the mirror procedure, making it faster and
+safer for people downloading GIMP and easier for contributors as well as
+for mirror administrators, were done by GIMP co-maintainer, Jehan of
+*ZeMarmot* project ([Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/) and
+[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/zemarmot) fundings). The goal is to
 simplify and automatize as much as possible the process to make our list
-of mirrors always up-to-date, but also to verify the mirrors are safe by
-running regularly data integrity verification scripts.
-We remind that you are [encouraged to crowdfund *ZeMarmot* for
-their continuous GIMP
-improvement](https://www.gimp.org/news/2021/07/27/support-gimp-developers-sustainable-development/).
-
-<p class='buttons'>
-  <span class='donate-button'>
-    <a href="https://www.patreon.com/zemarmot";>
-      Fund ZeMarmot (Aryeom and Jehan)<br/>
-      GIMP development
-    </a>
-  </span>
-</p>
-
-*Note*: *ZeMarmot* is also present on
-[Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/).
+of mirrors always up-to-date, more reliable downloads, but also to
+verify the mirrors are safe by running automated data integrity
+verification scripts.
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