On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 12:20:20AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 01:43:48AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > It has been suggested that we make incoming available via a path like > > http://incoming.debian.org/incoming and most likely dismantle the incoming > > mirror network (all 4 of them :>). > > Sounds OK. I think it would be safer if end users didn't download from > incoming at all, but that's just me. I always upload my packages to a local > FTP server as well and notify anyone who needs them early where to get > them.
Until dinstall does some form of dependency checking, it is vital that users can get packages from incoming. All who've been bitten by a split package with one half stuck in incoming raise your hands. -- The idea is that the first face shown to people is one they can readily accept - a more traditional logo. The lunacy element is only revealed subsequently, via the LunaDude. [excerpted from the Lunatech Identity Manual]
