On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Wyn Snow wrote: [ snip ]
: I suspect that putting contrib and non-free on a different server : will make it harder for newbies like myself to get packages with : apt and harder in general to find things. If that's correct, I : think a different approach to making a clear distinction would be : better. As a (busy) mirror maintainer, I can assure you that you are wrong. Most users get packages from the mirrors, and the mirrors aren't going to split off new hostnames. The distinction is an "official" one, made on the "official" debian server(s). Therefore this is a political statement rather than a technical one; one which will have little effect on end users, IMO. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
