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Re: snapshot.debian.net



Hello,

On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 12:13:21AM +0900, Fumitoshi UKAI wrote:

> I setup new debian and debian-non-US mirror on http://snapshot.debian.net. 
> Different from usual mirror site, it provides daily snapshot since 2002/06/04.
> It uses pdumpfs to backup debian & debian-non-US daily.

> I think this is useful in case you got broken version of package and
> you want to get old working version of package without searching around
> delayed debian mirror sites.

> It already has 3-weeks of debian & debian-non-US, and I estimate
> it could have more than half year of debian & debian-non-US with 
> current rate of package updates.

From time to time, packages must be removed from the archive because it
is discovered that we cannot legally distribute them.  This means that
it is also illegal for them to be distributed from an archive snapshot.
You may want to think about this issue, if you haven't already.

Cheers,
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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