> Is that why /snapshots/packages/i386/ is not available? During the 3.9 release cycle BUILDS we run out of space in our FTP partition temporarily. And so do quite a few mirrors -- so we are cautious in this regard.
The packages for one release are 19GB. Considering that most FTP sites contain the previous release (3.8) and snapshots, and will soon suddenly include 3.9.... that is a lot of disk. There will be new snapshot packages very soon.