On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Carwyn Edwards wrote: > >http://testing.fedora.redhat.com/tree/ > > > >Mirror at http://fedora.linux.duke.edu/FC3-rc/3/ > > > >This tree seeks your loving attention in installation and testing. > > > Is there any particular reason that this tree lives in a different > location to the stable and development trees? (download.fedora.redhat.com) Yes, at least 2 reasons: a. download.fedora.redhat.com requires several days lead time to stage a new tree on, plus additional days time to let the mirrors pull down the bits. Pushing an RC tree to download.fedora would effectively create a *lot* of mirror traffic instead of making bits accessible immediately to those intersted. b. We're testing a new configuration for the backend stuff on testing.fedora.redhat.com and an RC tree looked like an ideal candidate. So, in essence, you're not only testing the software, you're also testing the new configuration for the infrastructure. I'm experimenting on y'all. Cristian -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cristian Gafton -- gafton@xxxxxxxxxx -- Red Hat, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Linux is a leprosy; and is having a deleterious effect on the U.S. IT industry because it is steadily depreciating the value of the software industry sector." -- Kenneth Brown, President, Alexis de Tocqueville Institution