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DateTue, 26 Dec 2006 08:47:20 -0800
From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: [KORG] Re: kernel.org lies about latest -mm kernel
Russell King wrote:
> 
> Ergo, downloads via http from ftp.uk.kernel.org are at best unreliable
> for multiple requests.
> 
> I agree that it's not directly your problem, and isn't something you
> have direct control over.  However, if you want to round-robin the
> <cc>.kernel.org IP addresses between different providers, I suggest
> that either the name resolves to just one site, or that kernel.org
> adopts a policy with their mirrors that they only become part of
> the <cc>.kernel.org DNS entries as long as they do not rewrite their
> site-specific URLs in terms of that address.
> 

Indeed.  I just sent a complaint about this, and if we can figure out a 
decent way to test for this automatically we'll add it to our automatic 
tests.

There is also always ftp.

	-hpa
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