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Re: Updated: cygwin-1.3.22-1 -- Mirrors question
- From: "BB" <canofspam at att dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:45:58 -0600
- Subject: Re: Updated: cygwin-1.3.22-1 -- Mirrors question
- References: <20030318145300.GA5480@redhat.com> <5.2.0.9.2.20030318081348.02713a98@pop3.cris.com>
- Reply-to: "BB" <canofspam at att dot net>
The cygwin.com homepage has two news items "New Cygwin DLL 1.3.21-1
release", probably a typo.
"Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz at cris dot com> wrote in message
news:5 dot 2 dot 0 dot 9 dot 2 dot 20030318081348 dot 02713a98 at pop3 dot cris dot com dot dot dot
> Rick,
>
> Mirrors pull, they don't push. Apart from allowing the mirror sites
> access to the master file repository at cygwin.com, they're completely
> out of the control of anyone at Redhat or on the Cygwin team.
>
> My personal recommendation is to pick a single mirror (based on
> reliability!) and then exercise patience. I use the Argonne mirror.
> They're not the most prompt to update, but they're pretty reliable.
>
> Randall Schulz
>
>
> At 08:08 2003-03-18, Rick Owen wrote:
> >Greetings,
> >
> >I've only been on the list for a short time. I have noticed that some
mirrors
> >are more quickly updated than others. Which mirrors will most likely
contain
> >the updates most quickly? Generally after I receive an update notice on
the
> >announce list I have to wait for a day or two before I see it. Is that
just
> >the way it is? or are there some mirrors that will have the updates
> >immediately?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Rick.
>
>
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