Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 16:45:43 +0100 (BST) From: Paul Richards <paul@lambda.demon.co.uk> To: jkh@freebsd.org (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rude shock with U.K. mirrors Message-ID: <199506291545.QAA13284@freebsd.netcraft.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199506290451.FAA04975@whisker.internet-eireann.ie> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jun 29, 95 05:51:59 am
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In reply to Jordan K. Hubbard who said > > I was sending some stuff to a U.K. journalist concerning FreeBSD and > obtaining it in the U.K. when I decided to verify the 3 entries we > currently show for the U.K. mirrors. What I found was somewhat > disappointing: > > 1. ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/BSD/FreeBSD does not contain 2.0.5. This is true. > 2. unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/walnut.creek/FreeBSD doesn't exist. Try unix.hensa.ac.uk:/mirrors/walnut.creek/FreeBSD hensa actually tracks freebsd.org very well. > 3. src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/unix/FreeBSD couldn't be verified; it's > dead at the moment. > It's a heavily hit site and hard to connect to. I just did though and it's all there. > This is all rather sad. Is there nothing we can do to perhaps increase > the level of support in the U.K.? With 2 core team members either in > or from that country, it even seems a tad embarassing! :( Well, it's not quite as bad as you made out above. Maybe we can liaise a bit on this since I'm here on the ground and contacting the high street mags is something I've been thinking about myself. If I could actually catch you in so you can answer the phone instead of me talking to your answering machine....... -- Paul Richards, Bluebird Computer Systems. FreeBSD core team member. Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org, http://www.freebsd.org/~paul Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 1222 457651 (home)
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