On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 01:43:48AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > In the process of enacting the policy change to disallow ftp, the question > came up about incoming. > > It has been suggested that we make incoming available via a path like > http://incoming.debian.org/incoming and most likely dismantle the incoming > mirror network (all 4 of them :>). > > This would only be for maintainers to tell people that they can fetch a > certain version of a package from incoming directly if it has not yet been > installed (particularly during freezes) > > What do you all think?
Sounds OK. I think it would be safer if end users didn't download from incoming at all, but that's just me. I always upload my packages to a local FTP server as well and notify anyone who needs them early where to get them. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>