Fink users please READ...

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Message from Max Horn on 16 Jul 2002 to the fink-users list:

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Dear Fink users,


In the past, the whole binary distribution for Fink (the one you
might or might not be using and which is accessed via the dselect /
apt-get tools) has been hosted on the SourceForge.net web servers
that also hosts the Fink homepage.

However, this is less than ideal, since it generates lots of traffic
on the web servers. Since the web servers are rate limited (after
all, they have to serve other projects besides Fink), this means that
download speeds are not as fast as one could wish.

On the other hand, SourceForge.net offers a dedicated download server
network which has mirrors in the US and Europe. Since it is
specifically designed for this task, it offers superior download
speeds.

Therefore, it was decided that the binary distibution is to be hosted
on these dedicated file download servers, as it will take away load
from the web servers, while at the same time the download experience
for you, our users, is improved.


To this end, the whole binary distribution is already available in
the new location. Everybody using "fink selfupdate-cvs" most probably
already is using this new binary distribution. For anybody else, we
provide instructions on how to switch here:
<http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/bindist_move.php>


We suggest that you switch as soon as possible. The old binary distro
will be removed on Monday, July 22nd. Don't worry though, switching
to the new binary distro will still be possible later on without
problems.

In case you have any questions regarding this switch, feel free to
ask on one of our mailing lists:
fink-users <mailto:fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
fink-beginners <mailto:fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net>


Cheers,

Max Horn
Fink project lead
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So, now we know.


Cheers...