Re: Equivalent functionality when FTP gets shut down

[Imran Hussain <imranh@sucs.org>]

On 23.05.2017 18:45, Fredrik Tolf wrote:
> For example, it's convenient to be able to see what the
> {oldstable,stable,testing} links point to ay any given time, given
> that it's not too seldom that I forget what the different Debian 
> names
> mean, or when I just haven't kept myself updated for a while:
>
> $ ftp ftp.debian.org
> [...]
> ftp> ls /debian/dists
> [...]
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 1176     1176            6 Apr 25  2015 stable -> 
> jessie
>
> No big deal, for sure, it's just a nice thing.

Not all mirrors will stop doing ftp straight away. I imagine there'll 
be plenty, us for example, that'll still keep ftp enabled.

I think the best way is to just look at the README file, 
https://mirror.sucs.org/pub/linux/debian/dists/README

Or look at the Release file in each dist, 
https://mirror.sucs.org/pub/linux/debian/dists/stable/Release

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Imran Hussain
https://sucs.org