On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 10:02 -0400, James Kosin wrote: > I would have voted against also... What happens is everyone makes a > MAD rush to get the latest version and ends up complaining about the > issue over and over again. > If it counts, it is only (and should only) be available 2-3 days > before for all the mirrors (legit ones) to sync up with the few > servers @ fedora to get the information. When the official day comes, > everyone can get the information from all the servers and mirrors > without too much trouble. > This is how it was suppose to work..... > > What usually ends up happening is everyone knows this and starts > POUNDING all the servers for the release... and everyone complains > because they can't get the newest release a single day before the > official release date. > > Just my 2 cents, > James Kosin The OP was referring specifically to the torrent, not the mirror sites. The torrent works *better* when there are lots of people downloading it. However, for FC3 my recollection is that the torrent went "live" mid- afternoon (UTC) on the release day, and not 2-3 days earlier. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
