Re: [Fink-users] Re: Cannot update package list

[Neil M. <nei...@si...>]

On 17-05-2005 19:22 Alexander K. Hansen wrote:

>> Err http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main Packages
>>   403 Forbidden [IP: 69.16.168.245 80] 
>
> ... the new FAQ entry on this:
> http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#four-oh-three

Thanks for the info. I didn't think of looking at the FAQ as it seemed 
like a temporary problem, or an upgrade problem with one particular 
version. I was expecting to see something in "News" or "Status".

> Umm...the upstream site changed on us.  We don't control them, so what 
> exactly do you propose doing?

I think you should make the information more prominent. I'm not a naive 
user, and I looked for quite a while without seeing anything that 
helped. I suspect a great many people are having this problem, without 
knowing that there is a simple fix for it. An item in News saying that 
the binary mirrors changed with a link to the FAQ would have been 
appropriate. I think it would also be appropriate to display something 
under status for the next month or two.

> ... the problem was intermittent for a while

It's certainly not intermittent now -- the files just aren't there at 
the old SF URL any more.

BTW, I think fink is great and I find it indispensable. I guess the fact 
that it almost always "just works" made this hiccup seem more 
frustrating! Thanks to everyone who puts time and effort into making 
fink work and keeping it up to date.

--Neil