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Subject: IMPORTANT - Fink binary distribution moves Dear Fink users, in the past, the whole binary distribution for Fink (the one you might or might not be using and which is accessed via the dselect / apt-get tools) has been hosted on the SourceForge web servers that also hosts the Fink homepage. However, this is less than ideal, since it generates lots of traffic on the web servers. Since the web servers are rate limited (after all, they have to serve other projects besides Fink), this means that download speeds are not as fast as one could wish. On the other hand, SourceForge offers a dedicated download server network which has mirrors in the US and Europe. Since it is specifically designed for this task, it offers superior download speeds. Therefore, it was decided that the binary distibution is to be hosted on these dedicated file download servers, as it will take away load from the web servers, while at the same time the download experience for you, our users, is improved. To this end, the whole binary distribution is already available in the new location. Everybody using "fink selfupdate-cvs" most probably already is using this new binary distribution. For anybody else, we provide instructions on how to switch here: <http://fink.sourceforge.net/instructions_will_be_added_here.html> We suggest that you switch as soon as possible. The old binary distro will be removed within the week. Don't worry though, switching to the new binary distro will be possible later on without problems, too. In case you have any questions regarding this switch, feel free to ask on one of our mailing lists: fink-users <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> fink-beginners <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cheers, Max Horn Fink project lead -- ----------------------------------------------- Max Horn Software Developer email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> phone: (+49) 6151-494890 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
