-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 13:52, Josip Rodin wrote: > Hi, > > We're going to be changing ftp.debian.org setup a bit... but first, > a friendly reminder. > > Many people seem to think that ftp.debian.org is the canonical location of > Debian packages and that it will be best for them to use that site for apt > or for mirroring. This is *not true*. > > ftp.debian.org is merely one of several servers that get updated from an > internal Debian server. That address is presently located on a single server > in the United States, and it still exists mainly for backwards > compatibility. > > In the future, it may get services reduced, or shut down, or converted into > a globally load-balanced name, or whatever. Please don't use it. > > If you're using it now, please switch to a country-based DNS name > such as ftp.us.debian.org, ftp.ca.debian.org, ftp.uk.debian.org, ... > The list of those servers is at http://www.debian.org/mirror/list
Does the same go for ../project/experimental? > Now, back to the current business. Because of local disk space issues, > ftp.d.o has had intermittent problems over the past few months, and right > now it's simply not able to update the debian archive. It's currently > carrying a full mirror of oldstable, and a 'debian-typical' mirror > (i386, amd64, source) of everything else (stable, testing, unstable). > > We'll have to reduce the size of its mirror of oldstable as well, so > that it keeps enough free disk space to be able to update what it has. > > (Some time ago, we have contacted all registered mirrors rsyncing off that > machine asking them to switch to a better place. All mirrors with reasonably > responsive maintainers will not be affected; those who have ignored our > advice might notice changes.) > - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA %SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHVQFZS9HxQb37XmcRAh51AJ9wK1IL8hZdiROsS7m+n4hpyq3QCQCfcI1Z ymchhl1yZLbYwOVZOqStqhQ= =mzHJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
