Re: Beta test is difficult when...

[Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>]

>>>>> "K" == Karl Ferguson <karl@tower.net.au> writes:

K> I think that *is* the problem.  People aren't using their local
K> mirrors enough - I've seen Australians talk about ftp.debian.org
K> not being accessable (and therefor they 'cant get debian') before.
K> I mean, if it's a new package they're after that they need it then
K> sure - go there.  My mirror runs twice daily and is always update
K> <shrug>.  I'm not sure if it's just people being ignorant and not
K> reading the README.mirrors file or what...

Perhaps the server should print a list of mirror sites when anonymous
ftp fails, or at least print a message pointing them at
www.debian.org, or does it do this already?

Thanks
--
Rob