On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 10:07:02AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > If you are so careful and clueful, why do you need instant access to an > incoming mirror?
to fix the machine(s) i use to test any upgrades. the fact that they are unimportant enough to test an upgrade on doesn't mean that their entire role is to be a test bed...they're usually either my workstation (at work or at home) or machines on my home network -- part of the reason I have a home network is to trial things before implementing them at work...if they go down, they're not going to inconvenience anyone but me and a handful of friends who know that the "price" of their free account is that they get to be guinea-pigs for my evil experiments. none of this is particularly relevant. we've had incoming mirrors for years precisely because many people use debian in a similar way to me (i know that sounds like blasphemy to you, as you admit of only One True Way to use debian). Accordingly, i am not trying to justify why the Incoming mirrors should remain as that MUST be the default. i am *demanding* that those who wish to close it provide justification and prove that their proposed change will not cause harm to debian users or developers. craig -- craig sanders
