On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 10:46:13PM -0400, Matthew Gyurgyik wrote: > There is nothing preventing you from creating a local mirror. If you > can't figure out how to create a local mirror using the resource > available, you probably shouldn't be using arch. Now, there's a supportive answer if I ever heard one. That's the way to get more people interested in using arch. Most distros like to build up their presence and increase the numbers and usage. Obviously if everyone goes out there and attempts to build local mirrors and all, that would put a big drain on the arch package update process. I don't think many people are doubting that and maybe it should be discouraged however. But the withholding of technical knowledge with such arrogance is in poor taste if you ask me. Like others have been saying all along now, the original information was pulled and no technical explanation was ever offered for why it was wrong. Now because of all this "secrecy" (in appearance), I've increased my curiosity and may look into building a local mirror just so I know how to do it. Had the thing on the wiki site been corrected, I would have probably just read it and kept it in the back of my mind for a day when I would really need to do it.
