On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
christian> Anyway, the point is that I don't think ftp.lyx.org has these
christian> problems, which means placing a copy of packages on that
christian> server might still be a very good solution. In fact, a
christian> downloading installer should look at both hosts in order to
christian> increase availability. E.g., with 99% availability for each
christian> machine separately, we get a combined availability of 99.99%.
christian> That must be good enough for our needs.
ftp.lyx.org is indeed placed on a machine with real maintainers and with
correct bandwidth (they also host vlc). It is also mirrored in different
places.
I assume this means we can safely put packages related to LyX on
ftp.lyx.org without worrying that it'll choke. The only drawback I see is
that it's basically Jean-Marc and Lars that could move new packages there.
Maybe a problem depending on how often new packages would be needed.
/Christian
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