I noticed internode had the same issue which I brought up here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1294027
I felt (especially during the days of heavy updates) that the mirror should be rsyncing maybe twice a day just to keep up. It's harder to test when one of the first things to do is make sure your packages are up to date. - IKT On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Daniel Mons <daniel.m...@iinet.net.au>wrote: > 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 >
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