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From: Paul Richards <paul@lambda.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Rude shock with U.K. mirrors
To: jkh@freebsd.org (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 16:45:43 +0100 (BST)
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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)