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Re: link to mirrors.html from snapshots page?
- To: cygwin-developers at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: link to mirrors.html from snapshots page?
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:23:38 +0000
- References: <7916-Tue31Oct2000155904+0000-starksb@ebi.ac.uk><20001031232116.C6215@redhat.com>
On Tuesday 31 Oct 00, Christopher Faylor writes:
> >(It's not good enough to just check your favourite mirror all the
> >time, because you never know what they've picked it up. You have to
> >start at the snapshots web page to see what should be available, then
> >go to mirrors.html and start hunting.)
>
> I don't know. The mirror sites are almost always going to be out of
> date, aren't they?
I suppose, though in theory you could pick up last night's snapshot
the next day, if the snapshot built before the mirror updated.
> This may be one of those times where it makes sense
> to keep trying when you're trying to get a snapshot.
Sorry, but I have *never* gotten through to sourceware directly in
about 18 months![1] (Of course, I don't try every 5 mins either.) So
I'm not sure it really "makes sense to keep trying". But again, I
tend not to keep trying, so I ought not judge this.
> We could also make the snapshots available via http rather than ftp.
> There are no limits for that.
That sounds good to me.
Cheers,
David
[1] But, ummm, don't go checking the logs... :-)