Re: Downloading from US sites

1995-12-10 Thread Bruce Perens
I personally don't have any objection to the software being distributed from other sites as long as it has words like ALPHA-TEST in its pathname. Bruce -- Visit the "Toy Story" Web Page! http://www.toystory.com

Re: Downloading from US sites

1995-12-10 Thread Siggy Brentrup
> "Matt" == Matthew Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> I am sorry to be an ass here but you have to understand Matt> these views. I am doing what is best for the University by Matt> not allowing for illegal software to be downloaded. The point isn't downloading illegal softw

Re: Downloading from US sites

1995-12-10 Thread Bill Mitchell
On Sun, 10 Dec 1995, Matthew Bailey wrote: > If you want an OUTGOING then someone will have to create one by manually > moving the files from Incoming over to OUTGOING. Sounds reasonable to me. Files get uploaded to Incoming, and then either moved directly or (my preference) moved into a downl

Re: Downloading from US sites

1995-12-10 Thread Matthew Bailey
On Sun, 10 Dec 1995, Sven Rudolph wrote: > Any thoughts on this ? Any objection against mirroring the Incoming > area ? Yes! Incoming is what it stands for INCOMING. If you want an OUTGOING then someone will have to create one by manually moving the files from Incoming over to OUTGOING. I am s

Re: Downloading from US sites

1995-12-10 Thread Sven Rudolph
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Siggy Brentrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Some weeks ago I suggested decentralization of ftp.debian.org using > rdist to keep sites in sync. While the problem has been taken care of > for uploading, I don't know of a mirror where I can find packages > freshly uplo

Downloading from US sites

1995-12-10 Thread Siggy Brentrup
Hi all, finally I have got my network connection up to speed with accepable transfer rates when connected to european sites and I'm trying hard to download David's work from ftp.ods.com, but at about 100 cps this is a pain in the ... With current phone rates that's 3.35DM/MB and will be as high a