Paul Gear wrote: > If your ISP has a good local mirror [1], it's worth switching to that in > System > Administration > Software Sources. If that doesn't work, try > another Australian mirror from the list. I find iiNet's stays pretty > well up to date and is reasonably reliable lately. > > Paul > > [1] You can find out whether it's "good" here: > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors
Particularly around release time, iiNet have a bad habit of falling behind (often up to 3 days from the main mirror). Not that I blame them (they're providing the service for free, after all). What happens is the main manifests are usually up to date, but attempting to install/upgrade packages results in a 404 when the exact version of the software the manifest points to is missing. As before, the solution to release-time 404s for me continues to be "wait until 30 days after a release". The other upside to that is any release-day bugs (which objectively speaking are common, despite the effort that goes into betas and RCs) are generally squashed by that time, and upgrades/new installs tend to go quite smoothly. No matter what the software, it seems early adopters continue to be my army of personal beta testers. And I thank them for the service. :) -Dan -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
