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Re: moratorium on new package submissions!
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 01:31:51PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 03:53:01PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 03:34:20PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>>>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>> Can we hold off on new package uploads for a couple of days to allow the
>>>> mirrors some time to stabilize? I was thinking that we could resume uploads
>>>> after Christmas.
>>>
>>>OK. I had already been holding off on a number of updates /until/ 1.7.1
>>>was released; they can wait a few more days.
>>>
>>>However, I had already uploaded a new version of libiconv, so that horse
>>>has left the barn.
>>
>>It was actually that plus a couple of other packages which prompted my
>>message.
>>
>>Of course, there has been at least one package update since I sent this
>>message too so a cow has crashed through the barn wall.
>
>It looks like we're down to five stale mirrors. That makes me wonder
>how often these mirrors are contacting sourceware since it's been more
>than 24 hours now.
>
>Nevertheless, I see progress every time the mirror checker runs so we
>should be fully caught up by Saturday 2009-12-26. I think we can start
>package uploads at that point.
The mirrors have caught up. Go ahead and be fruitful, etc.
cgf