On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 11:48 AM, Ron Stodden wrote:
[...] >> Where do you get the idea that this is a primary mirror? It's not >> even listed on the FTP download page on mandrakelinux.com. > > From Mandrake itself, prominently listed with sunet.se as the two > primary (sic) mirrors on its web site. These two have recently been > removed from the list of mirrors on the web page, obviously because of > excessive traffic, which is now rectified by their removal. The > primaries are the source for the secondary mirrors. Mandrake itself > also maintains its own internal repository which has no external > access, but from which the primary mirrors are primed. I've never heard of that as being a primary. I've known about sunet.se and sunsite.uio.no, but not the one you're referring to. I've never heard of that one before. At any rate, there are more than just two primaries, and yes, I know how the whole mirroring situation works with the primaries and secondaries. I sync from the machine that the primaries sync from. > Therefore the lack of Mandrake-old indicates disownment and no further > support for those releases. Incorrect. If those versions weren't supported anymore, I would be wasting my time on providing updates for them. The lack of Mandrake-old on your "primary" indicates they chose not to carry it. There is no obligation that a mirror has to carry anything beyond what they want to carry. Implying otherwise is silly. > That is my understanding, despite what Ben Reser claims. Tell me if > it is otherwise ... I have told you it is otherwise, I *am* telling you it is otherwise. Find a better mirror. Plain and simple. -- MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ "lynx - source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" {FE6F2AFD: 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD}
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