* Thom May ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote :
> * Joshua Slive ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote :
> >
> > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Thom May wrote:
> > > > If 'dist/DATE' was updated daily, it would be very
> > > > easy to check the freshness/staleness of mirrors.
> > > >
> > > That (or similar) is indeed the plan.
> >
> > Yes, at the moment I am just playing around with it. My cron job to
> > update it is not working. Thom, if you want to setup a proper cron job,
> > go for it. Otherwise, let me know and I'll try to fix mine.
> >
> I'm still waiting for my account on daedalus to be set up, hopefully this
> might happen later today :-)
> When I get said account, I'll be happy to take a peak :-)
>
I've added a cronjob to update the dist/DATE file hourly.
(just doing date +%s > dist/DATE), and it seems fine.
-Thom