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Re: Package automation in /etc/daily



On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 05:42:35PM +0100, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> * it can cause more workload on ftp.netbsd.org and exceed the connection
>   limit on ftp.netbsd.org if a lot of systems use it

Actually, since all the systems in a timezone will connect at
roughly the same time (2am local time), the whole thing is
probably a very bad idea!

In fact, since the list probably changes infrequently, a mailing list
update scheme would be more appropriate.

        David

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