Re: ftp.debian.org (was: Re: Bogus locations in slink master Packages files?)
On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 08:00:12AM -0800, Mike Simons wrote:
> > To fill in some information I had left out, I tried both
> > ftp.cdrom.com (the fastest/closest mirror to me) _then_
> > ftp.debian.org (which I thought would be authoritative, and work ;)
> > After both failed I posted the message (on the devel list)...
>
> We have to do something about this real quick. Everyone thinks (and
> rightfully so) that ftp.debian.org is the authorative site. Could we make
> one of our push primaries to ftp.debian.org (or all on that round-robin
> fashion)?
Nope, ftp.debian.org does -WAY- too much traffic for any of our other
sites to sustain. Even the mirror array would probably have trouble with
it.
Jason
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