www.python.org website is down?

[Christopher]

On Aug 8, 5:50 pm, Pouya Khankhanian <kpo... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 8, 11:49 am, Sharath <sharath20... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Aug 8, 11:33 am, Pouya Khankhanian <kpo... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Aug 8, 11:17 am, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar... at v.loewis.de> wrote:
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> > > > > 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.
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> > > > 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).
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> > > > Regards,
> > > > Martin
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> > > Is there a mirror site to download the latest python installer? Every
> > > mirror I have found on the web redirects me to python.org.
> > > Best
> > > Peter
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> > Python FTP mirror sites also have the same problem. They are not being
> > mirrored for some require a password. Is there any other way to get a
> > copy?
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> > Sharath Venkatesha
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> Website is back up! Thanks for all the hard work

Actually, it appears to be down again.