An RFC has now entered its Final Comment Period. In 14 days, discussion
will end and the proposal will either be accepted, rejected or withdrawn:
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/merge_requests/29
Please visit the above link for discussion.
Summary:
Before this proposal, all tasks surrounding mirrors were manual and in
free-text form. This RFC therefore outlines the definitions and
guidelines surrounding both becoming but also maintaining and
decommissioning a mirrors in a new format using TOML and GitLab.