From owner-freebsd-java Mon Jul 27 08:27:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA04690 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 08:27:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA04674 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 08:27:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA08217; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:27:13 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA14351; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:27:11 -0600 Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:27:11 -0600 Message-Id: <199807271527.JAA14351@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Ed Randall Cc: java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why not on ftp.freebsd.org? In-Reply-To: <35BC7DA2.38F2@orlando.demon.co.uk> References: <35BC7DA2.38F2@orlando.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Why is the Java port not available from ftp.freebsd.org? Because the java porters don't have access to ftp.freebsd.org. Since ftp.freebsd.org is one of if not *THE* largest ftp site in the world (and not just a freebsd site), access is not giving out. > That way it'd be mirrored all over the world (rather > than just sitting on www.freebsd.org) and we could all access > it in a timely manner. www.freebsd.org is also mirrored all over the world as well. > Even http://www.freebsd.org/java isn't mirrored on www.uk.freebsd.org, > and I just can't get a successful 12Meg download from you. It should be. That was one of the reasons I set it up the way I did originally. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message