www.python.org website is down?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> This is probably a stupid question, but Is there going to be any data
> loss if it turns out that the disk has died completely? I assume there
> are backups of the repo that are geographically distributed.

Yes, we have backups, and are restoring them at the moment. However,
we still haven't given up on the original disks: they are (probably)
fine; it's just the RAID controller that has failed (and we can't buy a
replacement before Monday).

Regards,
Martin