This has been a problem in the past and I believe this is one big "cold
sore" on what is normally a great distribution.

Mandrake should do something about it's "main" cooker mirror and
guarantee that it at least is always the "true" source for all the other
mirrors.

When I compare ftp.sunet.se (supposedly the secondary mirror) with
ftp.uinett.no they are horribly out of sync.

And as reported yesterday, for over 24 hours now - there have been no
new packages on the main mirror - and Rsync is deleting my local files. 

This is more than frustrating!  Especially under the crunch of bug
squashing before the supposed September release of 9.2

Doesn't mandrake have a Cooker release coordinator which guarantees the
mirror availability?  Maybe a deal with a large sponsor like HP for a
better mirror infrastructure would be an idea?

Sorry for the rant, but awaiting for ftp.uinett.no to get back to normal
so I can continue to test Cooker!!

Cheers,
R.Fox


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Fox Consulting Services



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