Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 12:48:44 +1200 (NZST) From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: jason andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au> Cc: hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: We seriously need a cleanup on ftp-master Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105081246320.82333-100000@lists.unixathome.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.20.0105080751520.7520-100000@azure.dstc.edu.au>
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On Tue, 8 May 2001, jason andrade wrote: > On Mon, 7 May 2001, Will Andrews wrote: > > > > I have always kept one usable Alpha -current snapshot on the FTP site. > > > current.freebsd.org isn't mirrored, thus anyone wanting to access it has > > > to do to that one site. Why mirror ftp.freebsd.org at all then? > > > BTW, my experiences for the past several years is that connectivity to > > > current.freebsd.org is less than usable quite often. > > > > Well, I doubt that many people use the snaps at all. So I think having > > separate sites for them is an OK idea. Perhaps we should keep a small > > number of "known working" snaps on the ftp site, I guess. > > i also doubt many people use the snapshots. from observation, they either > checkout stuff via cvsup and make world, or else they use the RCs when that > is publicised. By snapshots, are we only referring to Alpha snapshots? If so, please ignore the rest of my message. I know that the i386 snapshots are very useful. Rather than install -release, you can install a snapshot and avoid the cvsup, build world, etc. That capabaility is very useful for newbies. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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