From owner-freebsd-current Thu Oct 21 2:18:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from esmeralda.xaa.iae.nl (esmeralda.xaa.iae.nl [194.151.75.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D614514ED1 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 1999 02:18:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@xaa.iae.nl) Received: by esmeralda.xaa.iae.nl (Postfix, from userid 1008) id 4A008BA03; Thu, 21 Oct 1999 11:18:27 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 11:18:27 +0200 From: Mark Huizer To: Roelof Osinga Cc: John Polstra , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New CVSup mirror sites Message-ID: <19991021111827.A89051@esmeralda.xaa.iae.nl> References: <37FBA256.E7E2F148@nisser.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre1i In-Reply-To: <37FBA256.E7E2F148@nisser.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > One common misconception is that cvsup(N+1).FreeBSD.org is somehow > > less up-to-date than or not as good as cvsup(N).FreeBSD.org. That's > > not the case at all -- the numbers mean nothing. For example, all 7 > > of the US mirror sites get their updates hourly from the same master > > site. (So do most of the non-US mirrors.) The only reasons to choose > > Most, but not all. Is it possible to list that information too. As well > as an on easily found place. > > The link on the mainform gives http://www.nl.freebsd.org/support.html#cvs > which does not list that information. A search gives over 25 documents, > one of which is http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors-cvsup.html > which also does not list that tidbit. > > I switched from the dutch mirror to an UK one because the latter was > more up to date. So now there is a new dutch mirror. However, it is > not clear how up to date it is. > Huh what? I have some trouble building the www site but I will work on that after my holiday. But the mirror is update every four hours at the moment. Should it be every hour? No problem with me Mark -- Nice testing in little China... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message