ec8d25d5bd0eac0a4f5172603e704106cbf6c66b
max
  Sun Oct 4 06:37:38 2026 -0700
methbase2 otto: ssh to hgdownload as the invoking user, not as qateam, refs #34246

diff --git src/hg/utils/otto/methbase2/methbaseDownload src/hg/utils/otto/methbase2/methbaseDownload
index 88bc53891f4..8f39723590a 100755
--- src/hg/utils/otto/methbase2/methbaseDownload
+++ src/hg/utils/otto/methbase2/methbaseDownload
@@ -39,31 +39,31 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
 import requests
 
 # The faceted hub. Note this is NOT the hub at .../methylation/hub.txt, which is
 # the older superTrack-per-study layout. methbase_hub/ is an alias for the
 # latest methbase_hub_<date>/, and those dated directories are rewritten in
 # place, so the date in the name buys no reproducibility - prefer the alias.
 DEFAULT_HUB_URL = "http://smithlab.usc.edu/trackdata/methylation/methbase_hub/hub.txt"
 # The mirror lives on hgdownload, served as https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/hubs/
-# and reached as qateam@hgdownload. Each refresh gets its own vN directory, so
+# served from hgdownload. Each refresh gets its own vN directory, so
 # bump this (or pass -o) when v4 is cut. Do not update the directory that is
 # being served: hardlink it first (cp -al v3 v4), update the copy, then swap.
 DEFAULT_OUT_DIR = "/mirrordata/hubs/methbase/v3"
 # Where that directory is served from. Rewritten bigDataUrls point here, so the
 # mirrored trackDb works for anyone who loads it by url, not only for a copy
 # sitting next to the data. Keep this and DEFAULT_OUT_DIR pointing at the same
 # vN directory.
 DEFAULT_BASE_URL = "https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/hubs/methbase/v3"
 DEFAULT_STRIP_PREFIX = "http://smithlab.usc.edu/methbase/data/"
 
 # trackDb settings whose value is a big binary file that lives outside the hub
 BIG_DATA_TAGS = frozenset([
     "bigDataUrl", "bigDataIndex", "barChartMatrixUrl", "barChartSampleUrl",
     "linkDataUrl", "frames", "summary", "searchTrix",
 ])