On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 07:21:23PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 10:29:56AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 11:52:32PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > >>Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> But isn't ftp.debian.org the Prime Mirror?
> >>No, it isn't. It's _a_ primary mirror [...] > >Are you sure? It's not even listed in the mirrors list [1]. > Technically, it's not a mirror, for two reasons: it doesn't have a > public copy of the archive, and it's the master, so it can't be a mirror > (of the master). So that's why it's not listed on the mirrors list. > The reasons for this have been discussed to death, and I'm sure you can > find them in the archive somewhere. You seem to be describing ftp-master, not ftp.debian.org. "ftp.debian.org" exists expressly to be a public mirror. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
