> > Hi, > > > > The announcements are made when the packages are uploaded to the > > Incoming directory. They stay there until they are processed. > > This can take from some hours to days. If you wait a few days > > you will find them at ftp.debian.org after they had been mirrored > > from master.debian.org. > > > > > Would it not be better to have these announcements made when the files > are transfered to ftp.debian.org at least for the bulk announcements as at > present it can be very hit and miss trying to use them. > > Joe. >
Perhaps an additional file containing the announcement should be uploaded together with the package. Then when the package is processed the system would generate a message with the announcement file. But even then we would have to wait for the mirroring process to take place between master.debian.org and ftp.debian.org. Ramos. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Physics * Departamento de Fisica * Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 University of Reading * Univ. Federal do Ceara' * Linux Distribution http://www.rdg.ac.uk/Physics * http://www.fisica.ufc.br * http://www.debian.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
