madhu m wrote: > WILL MIRRORS SOLVE THE PROBLEM > 90% of the users dont have access to high speed conects it is exactly why we're trying to think of the local miror option. within the VSNL backbone, speeds can b comfortably in the range of 5k-10k, especialy with the (recent) backbone upliftment and availability of faster modems for home-use. > and in the present speeds itwill take dayes to download > stuff like staroffice or a distribution the mirors are not goin to b distro-mirrors (at least in the initial stages). they wil b mirors of comonly used packages, RPM's/debs/tarballs, etc. > some lugs <snip> can produce cdroms on requests it would b a dedicated work to do, althou i'm sure we'll get volunteers for this too. frankly enuf, i think it'll b more work than seting up a miror and doin an update at regular intervals which can b done by a smal group of volunteers, and they need not b physicaly present to do so. for creating CD-ROM's on request, this wil hav to be done. > itwill be very use full if they can arrenge different master cd-rs > like all developers stuff or games or an assorted cd of all nice idea, but with the speed of the updates, the CD wil b "old" too soon. mirrors are not a solution to the problem, but just another viable option. it has its own overdues too, but those which can b manged by proper co-ordination. ---------------------------------------------- LIH is all for free speech. But it was created for a purpose. Violations of the rules of this list will result in stern action.
