Re: ftp.master

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Brad Rogers wrote, on 2010-04-06 16:48:
> On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:41:50 +0930
> Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Arthur,
>
> First, I must tell you that I'm not a Debian officer/official )call them
> what you will), so anything I say isn't to be taken as policy.
>
> (Disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer)
>
> > I'm still having problems with my local (un-metered) mirror not
> > showing updates, but if I switch /etc/apt/sources.list to point to 
> > ftp.at.debian.org I have 260 more upgradeable packages.
>
> Debian have no control over that system, as it's not a Debian officially
> sanctioned mirror, AFAICT.  Certainly, it's not listed in the latest
> Debian mirror status page at; http://mirror.debian.org/status.html
>
> I suspect that server is provided by your ISP only as a courtesy to
> customers.  Any issues would have to be taken up with them.

Thanks for the pointers. After skimming 
http://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror I looked at:

Index of ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian/project/trace/

free.hands.com 03/04/10 16:55:00
ftp-master.debian.org 25/03/10 16:56:00
mirror.internode.on.net 06/04/10 05:00:00
syncproxy.eu.debian.org 03/04/10 16:40:00

Regards,

Arthur.