On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 02:13:29PM +0300, Mihails Nikitins wrote: > > Actually, ftp.debian.org is basically kept for backwards compatibility > > only. We don't like users to concentrate on a central set of servers in > > the US when there's a 300-tier mirror network available... > > It could be mentioned somewhere in very BOLD letters. Some people think > ftp.debian.org is the most official place.
Yes :( I've had a warning added in FTP and rsync protocols; still have to do it on HTTP. And on more www.debian.org web pages, too. > > > Some mirrors contain ISO images, but only for i386 platform. > > > > That's unfortunately the reality -- people don't want to mirror ISO > > images in general, and those that do commonly don't want to spend space > > on non-popular architectures. > > >From user point of view it's not convenient to try tens of mirrors (not > really mirors because they are different) one by one. It would be nice to > have links from debian web page to ftp sites containing non-popular > architectures images. We're planning to add a machine-generated page that would include up to date information on which mirror has which packages. It's a work in progress I'm afraid. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.