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Date:      Sat, 3 Feb 1996 14:57:07 -0600
From:      Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
To:        Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sup is broken?
Message-ID:  <v02140b03ad397b6e7928@[199.183.109.242]>

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>> If the sup server isn't going to work anymore, why don't you remove all
>> references to it including the FAQ etc ?
>
>  I think Richard is being overly dramtic.  sup is still pretty good way
>of getting updates, and still being supported.

What's dramatic? I didn't claim that sup was bad or unsupported.
I do advocate taking the load off of the sup servers by going to a "push"
technology rather than a "pull" technology.

>  Run "sup" in an infinite loop for a few days.  Eventually, you will get
>a slot.  (This is a bad thing, BTW)

But necessary.  :-(

----
Richard Wackerbarth
rkw@dataplex.net





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