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Date:      Sun, 6 May 2001 09:25:35 +0200
From:      Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
To:        doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Thanks in advance for fixing this bug/oversight  =)
Message-ID:  <20010506092535.A22765@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
In-Reply-To: <002c01c0d5b7$90fe24c0$0b00a8c0@spirit>; from vecspace@home.com on Sat, May 05, 2001 at 07:03:15PM -0400
References:  <002c01c0d5b7$90fe24c0$0b00a8c0@spirit>

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On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 07:03:15PM -0400, James Bennett wrote:
>     I am a big fan of FreeBSD and noticed that ftp.freebsd.org does not have
> most of the directories referenced by the ports www page such as
> /pub/FreeBSD/branches directory or /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-stable.
> I am unable to grab the port or the package files listed.  Connecting to
> ftp.freebsd.org and hunting around shows that only packages-4.3-release and
> packages-4.3-release seem to exist.
> 
>     If you could fix this or forward this harassment to someone who can it'd
> be appreciated.  =)

<...>

My suggestion still stands. Why the hell not put up a conspicous apology
to the web page explaining that ftp.freebsd.org doesn't work (and as a
consequence much of the infrastructure outside of CVS/cvsup for that
matter) so people don't have to come and ask one-by-one? Let's face it
guys, this has already been very embarassing, it can't get any worse and by
explaining to people that we are working on a fix, we are actually
regaining face and not look unprofessional in the eyes of the many
visitors. After all, a notice can be taken down rather quickly once things
are A OK again...

-- 
Regards:

Szilveszter ADAM
Szeged University
Szeged Hungary

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